Thursday, September 22, 2011

Copa Sudamericana Match Called Off, Cause, Sometimes, Streamers do Hurt

Last night the Copa Sudamericana match between Nacional of Uruguay and Universidad de Chile had to be called off early in the second half after a linesman was hit in the head by a streamer, yes a streamer. As you can see in the video below, the linesman ended up collapsing to the ground after the streamer roll hit him on top of the head. Universidad de Chile was leading the match, 2-0, when it was called off, meaning the Chilean side advances to the round of 16 on a 3-0 aggregate.

On Tuesday night, the Copa Sudamericana match between Emelec (Ecuador) and Olimpia (Paraguay) was also suspended in the second half after Emelec fans threw objects at Olimpia's keeper, Martin Silva. Highlights from that match are embedded below. Olimpia ended up advancing to the round of 16 with an aggregate of 4-2.

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