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Tuesday's match was interrupted for 13 minutes
as furious players from losing side Luverdense surrounded the
referee to protest the extraordinary goal that gave former South
American champions Internacional a 1-0 win.
The incident happened in stoppage time when Internacional
forward William Pottker was released on the right. The linesman
immediately raised his flag for offside, Pottker pulled up
without touching the ball and the Luverdense defenders stopped.
However, the ball ran on to Internacional forward Joanderson,
who was onside, the referee waved play on and the linesman
suddenly dropped his flag.
With the Luverdense defense still under the impression that play
had stopped, Joanderson slipped the ball to Pottker who tapped
it into the empty net and the Inter players ran off to celebrate
as their opponents surrounded the referee.
Luverdense's players initially refused to restart the game, with
several walking off the pitch, before they were persuaded to
kick off.
Twice winners of South America's Libertadores Cup and
three-times Brazilian champions Internacional are playing in the
second tier for the first time after being relegated last
season.
(Writing by Brian Homewood; Editing by John O'Brien)
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