A randy football referee has received brutal condemnation after he approached a female footballer during a game he was officiating to ask her out.
Ref Santiago Alcon (in green)
A randy referee has sparked outrage after information surfaced that he asked a female footballer out during a match he was officiating.
According to reports, the man was smitten by the brunette's looks that he couldn't resist asking her out while the game was going on. Now Santiago Quijada Alcon has come under fire for his "sexist" pass.
Elena Pavel was playing for Sporing de Huelva in the first division of Spanish women's football when she was taken aback by Alcon's brazen come-on. The randy man allegedly wooed the player saying: "Hey brown hair – let's get coffee this afternoon."
The pass was made during their match away in Badajoz, south-west Spain against arch-rivals Santa Teresa. But, Pavel replied in an epic manner. Fuming Pavel, 31, told local press she told the ref: "Better stick to blowing your whistle."
She said the ref's behaviour was sexist and that he was trying to "provoke" her and draw her into "his game". The player told Spain's Efa news agency: "I've stopped believing in football, in fair play.
"I feel helpless, humiliated. In the many years I've been playing football I've never felt so ashamed."
Pavel also attacked Alcon's decisions for sending off two teammates while ignoring a "clear penalty" her side were denied. Sporting de Huelva ended up losing the game 3-2.