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Managers of Panama and Honduras scuffle on the touchline

Making Wenger v Mourinho look like a middle school dance


Honduras beat Panama 1–0 in the Copa Centroamericana and after the match, the handshake between the manager turned into a throat grab.

Honduras manager Jorge Luis Pinto, who led Costa Rica to the 2014 World Cup quarterfinals, appeared to set off Panama’s Bolillo Gomez with something he said, prompting a finger wag followed by the two doing an aggressive waltz.

Journalist Juan Arango later reported that an accusation over Panama’s 1–0 win over Honduras in World Cup qualifying back in November was what set Gomez off.

The incident was reminiscent of Arsene Wenger shoving Jose Mourinho back in 2014, but this looked like it would’ve gotten worse if Gomez and Pinto weren’t separated by dudes with guns on their hips.

Honduras currently sit atop the table through three matches in Copa Centroamericana, while Panama sit fourth in the six-team competition to decide Gold Cup qualification.


DTotD: Honduran player kicks pitch invader in the head

Immediately after the match between Honduran rivals Real Espana and Marathon, fans of both clubs, the players, and the police all took part in a brawl on the pitch.

During this battle royale, Real Espana defender Marlon Pena defended one of his teammates by delivering a graceful yet brutal flying kick to one pitch invader’s head. This prompted a couple of other tough guys to take a step back and seemed to calm the pitch invading brawlers down a bit, as they suddenly realized that they were dealing with people capable of kicking them in the head.

This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events.

Video via 101GG