With rockets still raining down on us ahead of a supposed ceasefire between Iran and Israel, now seems as good a time as any to post something to take us away from the stress of this situation.
Also, how Israeli is this?
Just a referee showing @KAKA a yellow card before taking a selfie with him
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 19, 2020
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This happened in 2019 and here is the backstory:
An Israeli referee penalized a retired Brazilian soccer star during a friendly match in Israel Tuesday, for no other apparent reason than to take a selfie with him.
The Shalom Game in the northern city of Haifa was between former players from Brazil and Israel. The match, which Brazil won 4-2 and some 28,000 fans attended, was aimed at promoting coexistence.
During the second half of the game, Brazilian former attacking midfielder Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, known as Kaka, was dribbling down the field when referee Lilach Asulin blew the whistle and hit him with a yellow card.
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Speaking to reporters, Kaka sounded a positive message about the purpose of Tuesday’s match.
“The goal is to spread the values of soccer. We know it can unite peoples and even neutralize situations of conflict,” Kaka said.
וזה הסלפי המדובר: השופטת לילך אסולין עם קאקא באמצע משחק השלום. אגב, קאקא לא עשה שום עבירה שדרשה כרטיס צהוב, אסולין עצרה את המשחק רק עבור הסלפי. ״כל המשחק חיכיתי לטיימינג״, סיפרה ל-ynet pic.twitter.com/MBKSLybYls
— Ran Boker רן בוקר (@ranboker) October 29, 2019
