{"id":9910,"date":"2026-11-05T12:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T12:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/video-brazilian-referee-issues-51-red-cards-after-40-minute-football-brawl\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T12:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T12:47:41","slug":"video-brazilian-referee-issues-51-red-cards-after-40-minute-football-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/video-brazilian-referee-issues-51-red-cards-after-40-minute-football-brawl\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Brazilian referee issues 51 red cards after 40-minute football brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"64.88446866485\">\n<p>A football referee has reportedly issued 51 red cards following a mass brawl during a youth match in Brazil.\n<\/p>\n<p>The confrontation involved Uberlandia and Mamore in the Minas Gerais Under-20 Second Division and lasted about 40 minutes on Sunday before military police intervened, according to Brazilian newspaper O Tempo.\n<\/p>\n<p>The referee\u2019s report stated that the violence erupted in the 54th minute of Sunday\u2019s match after Mamor\u00e9 player Davi taunted the opposing team\u2019s bench while celebrating his side\u2019s third goal.\n<\/p>\n<p>In a video that went viral on Thursday, the incident reportedly escalated when Uberlandia\u2019s goalkeeping coach, Paulo S\u00e9rgio Dias Dos Santos, ran onto the pitch to confront the player.<\/p>\n<p>Chairs and stretchers were allegedly used as weapons during the melee, while the referee\u2019s report also claimed that Uberlandia ball boys joined the violence by throwing punches and kicks.<\/p>\n<p>Referee Drosghic Modesto also alleged that he received death threats and other threats of violence from different individuals following the incident.\n<\/p>\n<p>A police report was subsequently filed over the threats, according to the match official\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p>The match was suspended for 40 minutes before being abandoned. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 51 red cards were reportedly issued to 43 players and eight members of the teams\u2019 technical staff.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Guinness World Records, the previous highest reported number of red cards in a single football match was 36, recorded during an Argentine Primera D fixture in 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch video here:<br \/>https:\/\/t.co\/uBjsjl3ieK\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MobilePunch\/status\/2118319349173834071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#f88c909d9d9c918c978ab8888d969b90969fd69b9795\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"cabea2afafaea3bea5b88ababfa4a9a2a4ade4a9a5a7\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A football referee has reportedly issued 51 red cards following a mass brawl during a youth match in Brazil. The confrontation involved Uberlandia and Mamore in the Minas Gerais Under-20&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}