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VIDEO: Paraguayan football match ends in brawl, 36 red cards

In the end, the referee decided it was just easier to send all of the players and the substitutes off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twwQQ5hs0E

YouTube Credit: TheWomblefootfreak [h/t HuffPo]

BEING A REFEREE is a tough job — just ask Graham Poll how hard it can be to keep track of all of those pesky yellow and red cards in a small notebook.

So spare a thought for referee Nestor Guillen who had an unholy mess to deal with when this Paraguayan junior league match between Teniente Farina and Libertad ended in a 36-man brawl.

Rather than wade through the mess to try to pick out the guilty parties, Guillen took the easy option by heading straight to the dressing room and sending the whole lot of them off. Subs and all.

“The referees didn’t even stay on the field,” Teniente president Hernan Martinez told Reuters. “As soon as the fighting broke out they went to the dressing room.

“They ran through the tunnel to their dressing room. They weren’t able to see anything that happened. But, in the report, to more or less wash their hands of the responsibility, they expelled all 36 players.”

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    Oct 7th 2013, 4:18 PM

    Congratulations on all involved in getting this event to come to the island of Ireland.

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    Mute John Johnson Kcco
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    Oct 7th 2013, 4:22 PM

    Mind you it will be like being in Amsterdam while they are here with all the people on drugs cycling around.

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    Oct 7th 2013, 10:59 PM

    Stupid comment from you!!

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    Oct 8th 2013, 12:40 AM

    Absolsolutely stupid. You could have at least had some credibility had hinted at a McQuaid conspiracy!

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    Oct 7th 2013, 5:13 PM

    looking forward to it already. Sprinter stages though by the look of #2 and #3. Won’t suit our boys for a stage win unfortunately.

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    Oct 7th 2013, 6:59 PM

    what are the logistics involved in smuggling the drugs they use in professional cycling into the country?

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    Oct 7th 2013, 7:06 PM

    10 years too late bandwagoner

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    Oct 7th 2013, 8:52 PM

    Can’t wait for this!

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    Oct 7th 2013, 6:07 PM

    Genuine question, is Darach McQuaid related to Pat McQuaid?

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    Oct 7th 2013, 6:21 PM

    Dunno mate.

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    Oct 7th 2013, 7:02 PM

    Younger bro.

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    Oct 7th 2013, 5:20 PM

    I.blame lance Armstrong

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    Oct 7th 2013, 4:27 PM

    Mind the bike

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    Oct 7th 2013, 7:40 PM

    So stage 2 is Belfast to Belfast 218km , cycling in a big circle I assume and then magically appear in Armagh the following day? Must be some drugs their on!

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    Oct 7th 2013, 9:11 PM

    Trudy the big tours rarely start from where the finished the previous day.

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    Oct 7th 2013, 5:26 PM

    Nibili did not win this years Giro so cannot defend the Rosa jersey,Chris Horner of RadioShack won it.

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    Mute Paul Smith
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    Oct 7th 2013, 5:28 PM

    Sorry in fact I got the tours mixed up :-(

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    Mute Patrick Kenealy
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    Oct 7th 2013, 11:02 PM

    Ah Paul,shame on you not knowing that information, but then your new to cycling eh:)

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    Oct 7th 2013, 11:35 PM

    He Didnt he won the vuelta tour of spain

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