As unexpected and unusual as it is violent
.
A
line judge had to leave a Spanish First Division soccer match after hitting herself with a television camera , which caused a large cut on her face, which forced her to leave in an ambulance in
Betis
's victory
against
Athletic Bilbao
at home 3 to 1, with a goal from the Argentine
Ezequiel Chimy Ávila
.
At the Benito Villamarín stadium in Seville, it was precisely during the celebration for the forward's goal from Tiro Federal de Rosario and passing through San Lorenzo that the dramatic situation occurred.
Assistant Guadalupe Porras validated the goal and headed towards the center of the field as per protocol.
Photo: EFE/ Julio Muñoz
On his way, he did not see that a camera from the DAZN network had intervened, trying to get the best shot of the celebration of Ávila, who had scored his first goal with the Betis shirt after a fair assist from the Brazilian Willian José.
The line judge suffered the impact in the left parietal muscle, near the eye, and blood quickly invaded her face.
She was treated by the medical staff of both teams, who could not stop her bleeding, so they recommended transferring her to a hospital, through one of the ambulances present at the scene.
Néstor Holgueras Castellanos was the one who replaced her with the flag for the rest of the match.
Chimy Ávila celebrates his first goal for Betis.
Photo: EFE/ Julio Muñoz
The goal did not make Athletic react and Betis was much better positioned on the field, without struggling and taking advantage of its options, such as the one Willian José had after a good pass from Frenchman Nabil Fekir, a play that ended with the ball bouncing off Yuri Berchiche to make it 2-0 in the 37th minute.
The adversity continued for the visitors, who in the forty minutes lost Nico Williams for two yellow cards in a row, the first for a tackle and the second for disparaging the referee, so the outlook could not be worse for Valverde's team, although The current against continued with Yuri's injury in the extension of the first half and his replacement by Imanol García.
Despite everything, and before the first period was over, a corner kick was taken advantage of by Gorka Guruzeta so that the Bilbao team saw some light with a header that ended in 2-1 and with which the break arrived.
In the second half, the Sevillian team wanted to control the situation from the first moment and to do so they took advantage of the fact that the rival was with one less man on the field, which matured the match and in the 67th minute a great shot from afar by the American Johnny Cardoso made it 3-1.
Circumstances led to that result causing Athletic to begin to consider it impossible to get something positive from the Andalusian capital and to reserve strength for Thursday's event in San Mamés, where a place in the final of the Copa del Rey will be at stake against to Atlético de Madrid.