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It happened in Ecuador. Chacaritas and Deportivo Santo Domingo were facing each other in the first leg of the Copa Ecuabet, and no one imagined what the coach Juan Carlos Ávila would do.
It was the 86th minute of the second half and both teams were tied 1-1. Everything indicated that the match would end in a draw; however, the mentioned coach delivered a fierce kick to a player from the local team (Chacaritas).
The images managed to capture the terrible blow that the athlete received in the lower part of his abdomen, leaving him lying on the soccer field for several minutes.
The commentators of the match were surprised by this action, and despite that, the main referee only managed to stop the game.
The video was immediately replicated on different digital platforms and went viral within hours.