Sporting de Huelva's Elena Pavel has claimed that a referee invited her on a date in the middle of a game.
During
Huelva's recent match at Santa Teresa in Spain's Primera Division,
referee Santiago Quijada Alcon is said to have asked the 31-year-old
defender to go for coffee. The Sun reports:
The referee allegedly told the shocked Romanian: "Hey brown-hair, let's get coffee this afternoon." ...She said: "I've stopped believing in football, in fair play."I feel helpless, humiliated. In the many years I've been playing football I've never felt so ashamed."Better stick to blowing your whistle."
Pavel rebuffed the offer and
subsequently saw two of her teammates sent off and a clear penalty
opportunity denied in what resulted in a 3-2 loss.
According to Marca, the Romanian defender will not make a formal complaint because "it's her word against his."
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