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Soccer player gets red card for brutal flying kick to opponent’s face

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James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Things got wild in Argentina over the weekend when Atletico Brown midfielder Martín Minadevino delivered a flying kick to an opponent’s face by accident.

Clearly Minadevino didn’t mean to kick his opponent, and especially not in the face, but it was still reckless as hell — which left Los Andes’ Gustavo Turraca bloodied as a result. Minadevino justifiably got a red card, and the second division match continued, but goodness this is ugly.

Atletico Brown would go on to lose, 2-0.

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