The fourth referee prevented a Levante player from leaving… because of the color of his underpants!

The fourth referee of the match that was played this Wednesday between the Atletico Madrid Y Levante, Carlos Perez Fernandezprevented the Levante Marc Pubill he jumped onto the field because he was wearing maroon underpants under his pants, which caused his partner to go out in his place Coke Andújar.

read also

when so much Pubill as his partner Nikola Vukcevic were ready to go out onto the field of play in the 85th minute, the fourth official told the Catalan that he could not go out onto the field due to the color of his undergarment, understanding that it could be confused with the red and white jersey of the Athletic despite being barely visible.

Coke came in

Although Pubill quickly went to the locker room to change, the coach of the Levante, Alessio Liscidecided that the change was Coke to be able to immediately count on one more defender in the last minutes of the game and with 0-1 in favor of the granotas.

However, the change was not as fast as he would have liked. Alessio and since the ball did not go out, Coke Y Vukcevic they jumped onto the field three minutes later, in minute 88, of a match whose outcome was ultimately favorable to Levantewhich took all three points from the Wanda Metropolitano by winning 0-1.