Coach in five-year ref groin kick ban

| Fri, 04/10/2009 - 03:19

An Italian amateur league soccer coach got a five-year ban Thursday for pushing a referee over and kicking him in the groin.

Giovanni Grassa, coach of the Seconda Categoria Tuscan league outfit Vada, ran onto the field during a game against Rio Marina on Sunday, ''pushed the referee in the face until he fell over, freed himself from restraining companions and kicked the match official in the genitals,'' a citation read.

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