🤣 Cup madness! Player grabs referee's watch during match | OneFootball

Paraguayan Matías Galarza drew attention during the match against Turkey in the early hours of this Saturday (20), and not just because of the winning goal he scored in the opening minutes.

He "took" one of the watches used by the match referee and wore the device on his own wrist for a few moments.

The object fell onto the pitch during a scuffle between players from both teams near the end of the first half.

While Ivan Barton, from El Salvador, was trying to separate the players, the watch was pulled off his wrist and left lying on the grass.

See below how the "incident" unfolded:

The watch was pulled off the referee’s wrist during the scuffle and was left lying on the field (bottom right corner of the image)

Galarza notices the watch and picks it up from the pitch

The Paraguayan immediately puts the watch on his own wrist

Galarza keeps adjusting the watch and, at first, does not go to the referee to return the device

In the second half, the referee was seen wearing the watch again

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

📸 Stu Forster - 2026 Getty Images