BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL OFFICIALS will decide this week whether to grant a replay to a fourth division side that were beaten in highly controversial circumstances on Saturday.
Tupi were eliminated from a Serie D promotion playoff competition after losing to Aparecidence on away goals after drawing 3-3 on aggregate. Tupi have an extremely strong case as the visiting team’s masseur took footballing law into his own hands by blocking not one, but two goal-bound efforts.
The chancer knew what was good for him, too, as he got out of Dodge as quick as the wind after the goal-mouth scramble:
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