Soccer player loses finger in goal celebration - gets yellow card

[Kellanved]

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Servette midfielder Paulo Diogo was forced to have his left ring finger amputated on Sunday after catching it on a perimeter fence during his side's 4-1 win at Schafthausen.

The 29-year-old Swiss-Portuguese player jumped up on the fence in celebration after setting up his team's third goal.

Diogo, who got married recently failed to notice, however, that his wedding ring was caught in the metal barrier and severed the top two joints of the finger as he jumped back down.

He was then shown a yellow card for his excessive celebration.

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http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldFootballNews&storyID=7001570

[da_chimperor]

1. As if losing a finger wasn't enough. Why the hell would they do that?

:wtf:

[Kellanved]

10. I guess he gave the referee the finger

:shrug:

[underpants]

2. This one died

A doctor tries to revive Dempo club striker Cristiano Junior, 24, after he collapsed during a match in Bangalore, December 5, 2004. Junior, a Brazilian-born soccer player with an Indian club, collapsed and died on Sunday, moments after scoring his second goal in his team's 2-0 victory. Picture taken December 5, 2004. REUTERS/Stringer

[soothsayer]

3. Did they card him for that?

Poor guy. Musta had heart probs.

[underpants]

6. Yep

Black card

[meegbear]

4. What's a yellow card?

[underpants]

5. An official warning

a RED card gets you kicked out of the game and the next one (your team plays with only 10 on your side for the rest of the game the player gets booted from).

A YELLOW is a warning-two YELLOWS in one game = a RED. International bodies also have set the number of YELLOWs in a certain number of games as a disqualifier from the next game. I think these vary but the point is to give troublemakers and habitual offenders (an their team) punishment.

[meegbear]

7. 10 Q

I did not know that.

[meow2u3]

9. Much like a technical foul in basketball

The first is a warning; the second, or a double technical, gets you kicked out of the game. The only difference is that basketball doesn't issue yellow and red cards, even though they should. Basketball doesn't penalize the entire team for the actions of the player or coach issued a double technical by forcing the side to play four-on-five for the rest of the game.
Basketball should also issue orange cards for players who fouled out.

[dr.strangelove]

8. Talk about giving it all for your team

How many baseball players would give a finger up after scoring a run. Them football players is tough.