When the unfortunate event of a match getting abandoned occurs, it is inconvenient for everyone involved – but this is usually because of the weather and not being bitten by a player’s child.
Last Sunday, FC Taxi Duisburg II and SV Rot-Weiss Mülheim were preparing to go head-to-head in the lower divisions of German football.
As officials usually do, referee Stefan Kahler, who was due to take charge of the clash, was going through his pre-match checks.
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While Kahler was conducting the license checks, a Taxi Duisburg’s player’s son was reportedly running around the field of play before he approached the ref.
And he certainly did not expect what happened next.
According to the official's report he could not take charge of the match after he was bitten by the child.
He wrote: "While I was checking the FC Taxi players' ID, a small child was doing warm-up exercises alongside the players.
“He came closer and closer to me, then suddenly - to my complete surprise - gave me a sharp bite in my left testicle.
"I did not start the game, because of the pain I was in and the situation.
"It was the child of one of the FC Taxi players who was to blame."
The teams both compete in the Kreisliga C – step eight of German football – and are due to face each other later this season.
According to German outlet WAZ the medical condition of the referee is still unclear.
Of course, this is not the first and certainly won’t be the last time a match is abandoned due to an unforeseen event.
Even in the Premier League, fixtures have been abandoned due a multitude of reasons.
Most notably, during the 2015/16 season, Manchester United were set to take on Bournemouth at Old Trafford before a reported ‘bomb scare’ meant the match was abandoned.
As reported by the BBC, a suspect package was found in the stadium toilets in the north-west quadrant of the ground.
However, it was in fact a mock explosive device used in a training exercise for security purposes. The fixture was later rescheduled.
Topics: Football
Luke Davies