After nine days, the World Championship had already produced one or two bizarre moments. But what happened in the middle of the clash between Paraguay and Turkey was in a category all its own.
"What goes on in a player’s mind in a situation like that? I mean, seriously," referee expert Patrick Ittrich said on MagentaTV’s Breakfast Club, sounding almost a little speechless in view of a bizarre scene during the match.
Barton had stopped the match shortly before halftime after Paraguay forward Isidro Pitta had stayed down on the ground. The referee then tried to prevent a mass confrontation. In the process, he lost his watch.
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