🎥 Pretty brazen! World Cup scorer just nicks the ref’s watch

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·20 June 2026

🎥 Pretty brazen! World Cup scorer just nicks the ref’s watch

After nine days, the World Championship had already produced one or two bizarre moments. But what happened in the middle of the clash between Paraguay and Turkey was in a category all its own.

"What goes on in a player’s mind in a situation like that? I mean, seriously," referee expert Patrick Ittrich said on MagentaTV’s Breakfast Club, sounding almost a little speechless in view of a bizarre scene during the match.

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Barton had stopped the match shortly before halftime after Paraguay forward Isidro Pitta had stayed down on the ground. The referee then tried to prevent a mass confrontation. In the process, he lost his watch.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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