Female football referee suffers concussion amid male players’ melee
Metz had no report of the incident on their website.Tension flared in the 40th minute when two opposing players confronted each other after a shirt-tugging incident. Other players rushed to join in the confrontation.Demoncay ended up on the ground after attempting to intervene, falling heavily after being knocked in the melee, video on social media showed.
- ▪Metz had no report of the incident on their website.Tension flared in the 40th minute when two opposing players confronted each other after a shirt-tugging incident.
- ▪Other players rushed to join in the confrontation.Demoncay ended up on the ground after attempting to intervene, falling heavily after being knocked in the melee, video on social media showed.
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News|FootballFemale football referee suffers concussion amid male players’ meleeReferee Mathilde Demoncay was knocked down as the male players fought during a friendly club match in France.ListenListen (2 mins)SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe incident occured during a preseason friendly match in France [Benoit Tessier/Reuters]By ReutersPublished On 26 Jul 202626 Jul 2026A female referee suffered a concussion when she was knocked to the ground as she tried to break up a melee between male players during a friendly club football match in France.Referee Mathilde Demoncay was officiating a friendly match between French club Metz and Dutch club Fortuna Sittard on Saturday when the incident occurred,…
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