{"id":139620,"date":"2021-10-05T21:38:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T21:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=139620"},"modified":"2021-10-06T01:01:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T01:01:10","slug":"player-arrested-for-kicking-referee-in-the-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=139620","title":{"rendered":"Player arrested for kicking referee in the head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Brazilian <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\" title=\"football \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">football <\/a>player was arrested after kicking a referee in the head during a second-division game, knocking him unconscious, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>William Ribeiro kicked referee Rodrigo Crivellaro twice during Tuesday&#x27;s (AEDT) match between Sao Paulo de Rio Grande and hosts Guarani de Venancio Aires, the second time when the official lay on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened after Crivellaro did not give Ribeiro&#x27;s Sao Paulo team a free kick.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"61563d0c-1e4e-4279-b8ba-b1387dc197a2\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/61563d0c-1e4e-4279-b8ba-b1387dc197a2\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"544\" data-height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The match was suspended and Crivellaro was taken to a local hospital. Ribeiro was arrested at the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Crivellaro was released from the hospital this morning. The referee told journalists he is yet to see footage of the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/bare-knuckle-boxer-justin-thornton-dies-weeks-after-fight\/35b95577-fd70-4158-9ff3-06e007b2df7b\"><strong>Bare knuckle fighter dies weeks after brutal knockout<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/paul-gallen-column-grand-final-win-salary-cap-bite-for-penrith-will-they-win-multiple-titles\/f084ceb7-c02b-4808-9349-ec3588dd7457\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>&#x27;Sacrifices&#x27; needed for Panthers to win multiple premierships, says Gallen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Local police investigator Vinicius Assun\u00e7\u00e3o told journalists that a judge will decide whether Ribeiro will remain in custody during the investigation or be released on bail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis attack was very strong and violent, kicking the referee in the head and making him pass out,\u201d Assun\u00e7\u00e3o said. \u201cThe referee had no chance of defending himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ribeiro&#x27;s club said his contract was terminated after the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A Brazilian football player was arrested after kicking a referee in the head during a second-division game, knocking him unconscious, authorities said. William Ribeiro kicked <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=139620\" title=\"Player arrested for kicking referee in the head\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139620"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139622,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139620\/revisions\/139622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}