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Difficult day for the ref as ‘friendly’ between Argentine giants turns nasty

Published 15:03 24 Jan 2016 GMT

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Difficult day for the ref as ‘friendly’ between Argentine giants turns nasty

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If you know anything about domestic football in Argentina, you'll know that Boca Juniors and River Plate are great rivals.

The two sides, both from Buenos Aires, met in a 'friendly' recently - and predictably, things kicked off. Four players were shown red cards in the game which contained a staggering 40 fouls. Former Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez also conceded a penalty which saw River Plate score the only goal of the game. For Tevez's Boca side, the sending-offs followed two red cards in a 4-2 defeat by Racing Club earlier in the week.   https://twitter.com/archiert1/status/691228269933412352 Not bad going for a friendly match, eh?

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