Bulgarian football match abandoned as referee chased off pitch

A match in Bulgaria was abandoned in the 21st minute after players began trying to fight the referee. After one began pushing the match official, he brandished a yellow card, before the captain waded in to hit away the outstretched arm of the referee. Fans followed suit and began chasing down the referee. However, he decided that enough was enough and began running from the pitch and into the adjacent car park. The game, which was filmed by Nikola Penev, was between OFK Kostinbrod and Tornado Bezden and played in Kostinbrod, just outside the capitol Sofia

[douglasharley]

lol, it looks like a sunday league team composed of bulgarian mafia members.

[filipgeorgiev]

I'm Bulgarian and this is the fourth division in Bulgaria. Only the first and second level of football is considered professional and the third, fourth and fifth are "amateur" and you can kind of see why😂

[Dermot]

That guy doing the chasing would be rejected from my local pub team for being out of shape.

[whatissixtynine]

this is actually a big bummer for everybody. lots of leagues have ref shortages because nobody wants to deal with this stuff

[danboyisdopex]

Dude this pisses me off so much it's just so pathetic when players act like big babies and try to hurt the refs for doing their job whether you agree or not with the challenge keep your hands to yourself it's embarrassing..

[danielmoulton]

Bulgaria has gone from world cup semi finalists to this in 27 years.

[sub--munubbhv]

0:22 Ibrahimovic standing tall and enjoying..


Thxx for the likes❤️

[mimikhaute]

Other counties: Referees send players out
In Bulgaria: Players send out referees instead.

[MRRBOKK]

The fact he stopped to blow the whistle 😂

[diegotrujillo]

Disgraceful attitude from the players. Even if the judgement was poor from the ref, no referee should have to fear for their life over a game, no matter how beautiful this game is.

[kingtshilobo]

So referees over there have to hire a personal security 🤣🤣🤣

[mehuljain]

I mean if VAR was a person then these would be the scenes🙄

[dimitarfroze]

Football in our country (Bulgaria) has a thin line to become to what's hockey in Canada.
50% playing 50% hands throwing

[randomnpcmeme]

He thinks he is safe from the danger until he realize that his car key is in the locker room.

[kkgt]

I thought the guys in red came to control the player, but they went to chase the referee 🤣🤣🤣

[dazzaMusic]

You shouldn’t yellow card a mafia boss what was he thinking!

[tlovehater]

Imagine if it had been a red card, dude would have been shot on the spot lol.

[agoodpersonx]

This is Ronaldo vs Serbian match referee from alternate universe.

[FF-oonz]

This is problably the best channel in youtube lol

[ДаниелРогачев]

This a match from 4th bulgarian division. It's amateaur and it's also called "The farmers league" in Bulgaria, for obvious reasons.