And that’s when the man in black lost his cool. He approached Cuesta, intending to take the red card out of his pocket, but then he swore and head-butted him.

The man fell unconscious, the Burjassot coach’s assistant remembered, but the referee continued assaulting him.

The match was stopped and the referee was arrested by the police.

Burjassot team will appeal for a life-long ban from football for the referee. And Cuesta is preparing a lawsuit against him.

And it’s not the first time this umpire has used his fists instead of his whistle. Last year he attacked a footballer and his father during a match between youth teams.