MAN SHOWED RED FOR FARTING ON THE PITCH

Adam Lindin Ljungkvist was dismissed in
the late stages of a ninth-tier game in
Sweden after he let off what was
apparently a rather impressive fart
EXTRA TIME
There are many reasons a player can be
sent off in a game - reckless tackles, two
yellow cards, even swearing at the referee
in some occasions. But Swedish football
saw a bizarre new offence which seems
incredibly harsh.
In a ninth-tier clash, Pershagen SK's Adam
Lindin Ljungkvist was sent off for
"unsportsmanlike behaviour" when he
farted loudly in his side's game against
and Jarna SK's reserves.
The game was almost over and, having
apparently already been given a yellow
card, he released wind and was booked for
the second time.
"I needed to fart, I had a bad stomach," he
told Lanstidningen Sodertalje . "So I just
farted. Then I received a yellow card and
then a red.
"I was shocked, it's the strangest thing I
have ever experienced on a football field.
"I asked the referee: 'What, you can't fart
on the field?', he replied: 'No'.
He does, however, have a theory as to why
he was sent off: "He may have thought
that I farted in my hand and threw it
towards him, but he didn't say."
The referee reported that he had already
booked the player in the 65th minute,
but Ljungkvist says he can't remember
receiving one.
And the referee, Dany Kako, has cleared up
the situation, stating that it was indeed for
passing gas.
"I perceive that it is a provocation against
another player. He did it on purpose and it
was inappropriate behaviour. Therefore, he
received a yellow card."
But even Kako admitted that it is an
absurd situation.
"Yes. No one must get a yellow card for
farting on the field. Once there was a
player who stood and peed next to the
pitch. That was also a yellow card."
According to the opposition striker
Kristoffer Linde says he heard the fart and
testified to how loud it was.
"I was standing a good distance away but
I heard the fart loud and clear. It was the
strangest thing I've seen on the field, and I
have been playing football since I was
eight years old."

Credit :goal.com