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51 red cards in Brazilian youth match breaks Guinness record
November 4, 2026 at 08:31 PM
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KOKooora
فيديو: دخلت موسوعة جينيس.. 51 بطاقة حمراء بمباراة في البرازيل والشرطة العسكرية تتدخل
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YKYalla Kora
شجار جماعي يدخل جينيس.. 51 بطاقة حمراء في مباراة بالبرازيل
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
51 بطاقة حمراء.. مباراة مجنونة في البرازيل تدخل موسوعة غينيس (فيديو)
(opens the publisher’s site)A Brazilian U20 semifinal erupted into a mass brawl that produced 51 red cards, breaking the Guinness World Record for dismissals in a single football match.
- Referee Fernando Patrick abandoned the match in the 54th minute, dismissing 43 players and 8 staff members from both teams.
- The 51 dismissals surpassed the previous Guinness record of 36 red cards, set in an Argentine fifth-division match in 2011.
- Military police intervened at the Parque do Sabiá stadium after the brawl, which damaged roughly 14 doors and other facilities.
- Patrick filed a police complaint against Uberlândia coach Willer Francisco Silva over threats and insults directed at the officiating crew.