Robledo
11-28-2002, 12:50 AM
Apologies if someone posted this already. I just came across this story. The Dutch are certainly passionate about their football :D
A Dutch player suspended for kissing ref
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An amateur Dutch soccer player has been suspended for kissing a referee after he was sent off during a match.
The player was sidelined for eight games by the KNVB Dutch soccer association after planting a kiss on the mouth of a referee who had given him his marching orders during a game in the eastern town of Hengelo last month.
The player, who took the referee by the head and kissed him on the mouth after he was awarded a second yellow card, was punished for inappropriate behaviour by the KNVB's disciplinary committee, the association said on Thursday.
'First the player got a yellow card. Then he made remarks to the referee. The second yellow was also for talking (to the referee) and then the player got angry.
'He took the referee by the head and kissed him on the mouth,' KNVB spokesman Joris Gieske said.
The player's identity was not immediately available.
A Dutch player suspended for kissing ref
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An amateur Dutch soccer player has been suspended for kissing a referee after he was sent off during a match.
The player was sidelined for eight games by the KNVB Dutch soccer association after planting a kiss on the mouth of a referee who had given him his marching orders during a game in the eastern town of Hengelo last month.
The player, who took the referee by the head and kissed him on the mouth after he was awarded a second yellow card, was punished for inappropriate behaviour by the KNVB's disciplinary committee, the association said on Thursday.
'First the player got a yellow card. Then he made remarks to the referee. The second yellow was also for talking (to the referee) and then the player got angry.
'He took the referee by the head and kissed him on the mouth,' KNVB spokesman Joris Gieske said.
The player's identity was not immediately available.