Individuals usually wish to say a participant or coach bought their cash’s price as soon as an ejection grew to become inevitable. Atalanta captain Rafael Tolói bought one thing else.
Issues got here to a head within the 87th minute of a UEFA Champions League match between Atalanta and Membership Brugge on Tuesday. Brugge was within the means of ending off a 5-2 combination win over the Italian membership, a big upset within the first spherical of the match’s knockout stage.
Because the minutes ticked down on Atalanta’s UCL bid, Tolói acquired some arduous contact from Brugge’s Maxim De Cuyper out of bounds. Tolói then utterly humiliated himself.
His first response was to take the ball and spike De Cuyper within the head with it. Nevertheless, the ball slipped out of Tolói’s hand like a cartoon. The throw additionally pushed Tolói off steadiness sufficient that he then fell immediately on his face.
De Cuyper then turned his again and jogged away, at which level Tolói charged him and, after pushing previous a ref, slammed him to the bottom. It goes with out saying he acquired a purple card.
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The match ended minutes later. Brugge, the champions of the Belgian Professional League final 12 months, will advance to face both Lille or Aston Villa within the Spherical of 16, with considered one of Liverpool or Barcelona ready within the quarterfinal after that.