Violence against referees has been increasing and they are the most abused and threatened people on the field of play.
A Paraguayan soccer player grabbed a referee around the throat and tried to choke him during a game in Chile’s second division.
Germany demolished Argentina and Spain beat Paraguay by one goal in a quarter-final of extraordinary drama on Saturday as Europe took revenge on Latin America to dominate the World Cup.
FIFA said on Wednesday it would release 2,000 tickets for the World Cup quarter-finals which had been reserved by fans who hoped their teams would reach the last eight but had seen them eliminated.
Paraguay’s Cerro Porteno face serious sanctions after acts of violence by their fans at a Copa Sudamericana match, the South American Football Confederation (CSF) said on Thursday.
Fans threw a hail of objects at visiting Brazilian side Fluminense and Argentine referee Hector Baldassi after Cerro’s 1-0 home defeat in the first leg of their semi-final on Wednesday night and a policeman was hit on the head.