WWE-Like Fist Fight Between Referee And Players In Football Match In India. Video Viral

Football is called the 'Beautiful Game' but then sometimes things may turn ugly. Heated arguments, rough tackles, tricky fouls are a regularity in the sport. While the match officials are in charge to control such situations, some times they too get involved. In a video which has gone viral on social media, one match official can be seen being involved in an ugly first with the players. The footballers were unhappy with a referee's decision and one of them first hit the referee. Then the referee went after them before being taken away by another person present.

According to some social media users, the video was from a football match in Tripura. However, the origin and the date of the video could not be independentdly verified.

Tripura State League.

A fight broke out between the Referee and the players on the field. #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/6F2de78tCM

Meanwhile, in the club versus country conundrum over the Hangzhou Asian Games, Indian football turned out to be the loser but Sunil Chhetri, arguably the country's greatest footballer ever, rose above all these and gave precedence to national duty.
The 39-year-old talisman, who has created seemingly unsurmountable national records in his 18-year-long international career, raised his hand and decided to lead a rag-tag national team after many Indian Super League clubs refused to release their players.

Thirteen players, including key defender Sandesh Jhingan and number one goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, from the original 22-member squad announced last month were not released by their respective ISL clubs.

A hapless All India Football Federation (AIFF), after hectic parleys, was able to stitch a second-rung 18-member team made up mostly of inexperienced players with