A referee kung-fu kicked a member of a Peruvian football team’s backroom staff as the coach attempted to attack the official with a plastic bottle.
Luis Alegre was still brandishing a red card as he aimed his his right boot as the jaw of the man invading the pitch amid angry on-field protests near Lima.
Alegre’s martial arts-style reaction was sparked by apparent threats of violence as he appeared to attempt to send off a member of the Magdalena CEDEC bench.
The confrontation erupted in the 82nd minute of Sport Huaquilla’s Copa Peru match against Magdalena CEDEC in Ancash, north of the the Peruvian capital.