REFEREE Stefan Kahler abandoned a match before it had kicked off… after a child bit his TESTICLE.
The German official was due to take charge of Sunday’s clash between FC Taxi II and Rot-Weiss Mulheim III.
But he was at the centre of a bizarre off-the-ball incident as he checked players’ registrations on the pitch.
Kahler said in his report that he had been attacked by one of the FC Taxi players’ children.
The lower-league fixture in Duisburg, Germany was called off with the ref left in agonising pain.
He wrote: “While I was checking the FC Taxi players’ ID, a small child was doing warm-up exercises alongside the players.
“He came closer and closer to me, then suddenly – to my complete surprise – gave me a sharp bite in my left testicle.
“I did not start the game, because of the pain I was in and the situation.
“It was the child of one of the FC Taxi players who was to blame.”
FC Taxi had previously shown bite of a different kind, climbing to third in the regional Kreisliga C table.
The division is the equivalent of the eighth tier in Germany.
The clash between FC Taxi II and Rot-Weiss Mulheim III will be rescheduled for later in the season.
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