Never Famous

Video: More Ninja Skills On The Pitch

// August 27th, 2009 // Football

httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4qHKXkXumY

Bruce Lee School of Soccer graduate Sergio Jauregui in action.

Shenanigans start at the :29 mark.

From SI

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian club Oriente Petrolero wants Blooming opponent Sergio Jauregui to be issued a three-year suspension for kicking Oriente player Leonardo Medina in the face with a flying kick in a football match last weekend.

Richard Mendez, a director with Oriente Petrolero, said league rules called for suspensions of up to three years for such on-field violence.

“And we want the maximum penalty,” Mendez said on Tuesday.

In Sunday’s match, Medina pushed Jauregui, and Jauregui responded with a martial arts-style flying kick that struck Medina in the neck and face. Medina was treated in a hospital and is expected to be sidelined for about two weeks.

Jauregui offered a public apology afterward.

The prosecutor handling the case said Jauregui committed “criminal aggression” and said he expected to file charges.

So remember when I said 98% of soccer fights are harmless, well this one actually fits in the other 2%.