Journey to Bolivian
Unprofessional Foul —
Sometimes I think I am being too harsh on South American soccer in saying that its supremely messed up on so many levels. But, just when I seem to be turning the corner on my virulent prejudice, South America sends me a signal telling me to stay the course. This time it was in the form of a Bolivian soccer match between Aurora and Wilstermann. Wilstermann won a titillating 1-0 affair, but the real excitement came near the end of the match. It's not exactly clear what caused everything to go off the rails, but causation is not my concern right now only the effect, which I might is totally awesome. Aurora and Wilstermann players exchanged punches ...
Pitch Riots & Bolivian Beatdowns
The Offside —
Pitch Riots & Bolivian Beatdowns By: chris | November 10th, 2008 [image] Traveling to the sort of “fringe countries” in terms of South American football (read: those not named Argentina or Brazil) almost always proves to be an exercise in believing the unbelievable. Today’s example: Bolivia. A top flight game between Wilstermann and Aurora turned out to be a top flight cage match between Aurora and riot popo when a freshly red carded player decided he would make the call and that he was not, in fact, going to be sent off. Not typically a good move, youngsters. Watch and learn. So the riot police come to escort him to his premature shower. Given the ...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Week 14
languagecaster.com - english through football —
... Aurora’s goalkeeper used one of the corner flags as a weapon and tear gas had to be used to break up the stand off between the players and police. Ugly indeed! You can see the video here! ...
