You know, on some level you have got to admire a soccer referee who decides, in the midst of a game, that he’s got to stop and take a leak. Right in the middle of the field. In a professional game that’s being televised. Just a minute, boys; I’ll be right with you.
There’s ref Massimo Busacca in the photo above, who relieved himself during a Qatar Stars League game between Al Gharrafa and Al Khor in Qatar. Being the Middle East, this is causing somewhat of an uproar, with calls for an investigation. Although I’m not sure what they’re going to investigate; it’s all rather obvious what’s happening, as you’ll see in the glorious video below.
Our announcer seems to take more time apologizing to the audience than he does describing what happened. “For the decency of our viewers we cover the footage,” he says more than once. Anyway, no one’s going to be taking a dive in that area for awhile.
Busacca resides in Switzerland, and these kinds of things are always more fun when read in Danish. So here’s the headline and subhead on the incident from the site EKSTRA BLADET:
Pissede dommeren lige på banen!?
Den schweiziske topdommer Massimo Busacca sætter nye standarder for udtrykket ’skandaledommer’.
Hey, I thought they blacked out his schweiziske.
Busacca, who has been a FIFA ref since 1999 and officiated in both the UEFA and Euro 2008 tournaments in Austria and Switzerland, is no stranger to controversy. He was given a three-match ban after flipping off the crowd after a match between FC Baden and BSC Young Boys on Sept. 19.
7:18 pm on September 28th, 2009
And that’s what they call dribbling in soccer?…
The dude must be from the old country… the old country… here you see them old dudes with their skin burnt to a crisp, hands knarled, and wearing those wool peak caps, and they’re wizzing all …they’re be in the middle of a conversation and just turn a wizz on a wall … Always got to be careful walking past them too close.
5:07 am on September 29th, 2009
That’s Danish, not German.
Mmmm…Danish…
8:47 am on September 29th, 2009
thanks ..ill fix
10:31 am on September 29th, 2009
i am so glad that he took the time to notify us that they covered his shame with the black box. i mean, i would of thought the guy would be wearing a red box to match his jersey and make pissing on the pitch less noticable.
6:48 pm on September 29th, 2009
Peeing like a racehorse!
11:08 pm on September 29th, 2009
Wow. It’s a packed house at that match.
8:13 am on September 30th, 2009
When ya gotta go……What was he supposed to do? Call a time out? It’s not like he has a substitute standing on the sidelines. Though, he could have gone to the sidelines to be a little less obvious. I guess he is proud of his manhood. Can’t say if he should be since it was blacked out.
3:43 pm on September 30th, 2009
i guess he failed the pre game prostate test
7:17 am on September 27th, 2010
what should be done if it is a player who urinates on the field of play during the game or at halftime or if it was a substitute who urinates during his warm up routine.