A half-time gas
Posted by steigs on April 24, 2008
This is exactly like something that would happen to Harchester United…
Brazilian champions Sao Paulo were forced to flee their dressing-room at halftime after it filled with an unidentified spray during their match away to Palmeiras on Sunday.
They were playing the second leg of the semi-finals of their regional tournament against rivals Palmeiras. Perhaps it’s not a surprise that Palmeiras won the game 2-0 for a 3-2 victory on aggregate. Or that this happened:
Flamboyant Chilean Jorge Valdivia finished off a breakaway for the second in the 84th minute and appeared to provoke Sao Paulo’s defenders as he celebrated.
Almost immediately, the lights went out and there was a scuffle in midfield as Sao Paulo players remonstrated with Valdivia.
Yeah, that could happen to Harchester. As well as this follow-up:
Sao Paulo coach Muricy Ramalho has rubbished suggestions that his own club was behind an incident on Sunday, when their changing room filled with a mysterious spray at halftime in a derby match at Palmeiras.
Well, all I can say is that I wouldn’t want to be on the Palmeiras team that next visits Sao Paulo…
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