The surreal scene happened during a match between the city of Merville and OC Roubaix in the North, on Sunday, March 24.
The referee had to throw the ball, and not the one that was used for the match. On Sunday, March 24, in the middle of an amateur football match between Merville and OC Roubaix (North), the gendarmes interrupted the game to conduct an alcohol test on the referee, reports. France blue.
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The match was already special as the team from Roubaix appeared at 10 at kick-off and immediately found themselves at 9 after the expulsion of a player. But the game took a completely crazy turn when the soldiers arrived at half time to subject the referee to the famous test.
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Sorry, the referee sent a report
It is the supporters of OC Roubaix who contacted the gendarmes, “pretending that the referee was drunk and intoxicated in some way“, says a witness of the scene.
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The referee was taken to the locker room with his assistants, where the test finally came back negative. Shocked, the referee sent a report to the legal commission of the Flandres football district that should be regular on this matter.