Emotion in football: a referee is killed by a player in El Salvador

Salvadoran football is in mourning. Giuseppe Arnaldo Amaya, who directed a match of an amateur competition, was mercilessly beaten savagely by a player after being sent off. The judge received a hard kick in the chest and fell to the ground, unconscious from the blows he received which caused internal bleeding.

The victim was quickly transferred from San Salvador’s Toluca Stadium to the nearest hospital where she died a few hours later from multiple attacks. This reprehensible fact caused a lot of commotion in El Salvador and social networks exploded in search of the murderer, who is on the run.

According to the statements of his son, Jairo Amayathe referee warned the player in the first instance and after the end of the game showed him the second yellow card, which caused the sent off player to start hitting him repeatedly, causing his death.

“I only received, by telephone, the news of what happened to my father. I was not in the field. I knew that the attacker had outraged him and then my father expelled him. Then he hit him until he fell and there he beat him to death. On the way to the hospital, my father was already seriously ill and died there. For now neither the police nor anyone has given me specific information on who attacked my father, I understand that it is for the safety of the our family. waiting … “said the referee’s son in Salvadoran media.

Arnoldo Amaya, 63, has been in charge of amateur football for more than 30 years, a profession he dedicated himself to after earning his living as a tailor.

The Salvadoran Football Association (FESFUT) issued a statement complaining about the referee’s death.

“As a federation we repudiate what happened to referee José Arnoldo Amaya and we trust that the authorities can find those responsible for the referee’s death,” said Salvadoran Football Association president Hugo Carrillo on the television program ‘The Tiki Taka’.