“Fans were left stunned and furious as an all-out brawl erupted in Bolivia’s Cup — with SEVENTEEN red cards shown and police deploying tear gas to break up the chaos.”
British outlet The Sun also highlighted the shocking scenes, reporting:
“South American cup match descends into mayhem as players and staff clash in a massive post-game fight, leading to an unprecedented 17 dismissals.”
【VIDEO】 Chaos erupts in Copa Bolivia — players and staff trade blows in disturbing scenes
https://x.com/BBCMOTD/status/1994004041605763112?s=20
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During the Copa Bolivia quarterfinal second leg between Totoral Real Oruro and Blooming, the match ended 2–2 — but what followed was absolute bedlam.
According to local media El Potosí, the chaos began when several Totoral Real Oruro players sparked a violent confrontation near the tunnel leading to the dressing rooms. Police rushed in to contain the situation and reportedly used tear gas to disperse the crowd as the fight spilled from the pitch onto the track.
Official broadcast footage showed Sebastián Ceballos and Julio Villa charging at opponents alongside head coach Marcelo Robledo, escalating the violence rather than calming things down.
Ceballos, initially restrained by Blooming players attempting to defuse the situation, broke free and lunged forward. Villa threw punches, while meters away Robledo was seen squaring up to the opposing coaching staff instead of restoring order.
Around 20 police officers had to intervene to physically separate both sides and prevent the violence from intensifying. El Potosí noted that although the scene briefly calmed, insults and threats continued to fly.
In total, the referee issued 17 red cards to players and staff from both teams — including Blooming’s César Menacho, who had already been sent off earlier for abusive language.
Despite the chaos, Blooming — who won the first leg 2–1 — advanced to the semifinals with a 4–3 aggregate victory.
“Social Media Reactions”
“Damn, doing all that chaos at altitude is wild lol.”
“Isn’t Oruro basically like playing on top of Mount Hood?”
“ 12,150 feet? How do you even breathe up there lol.”
“Who the hell can even play football up there lmao.”
“Wait, if they ended up with like 6 players left, shouldn’t the match technically be abandoned?”
“Looks like it all kicked off after the final whistle, so I guess anything goes at that point.”
“This is literally a collector’s edition red-card drop.”
“I swear a few of those reds were probably given to the wrong guys.”
“Bolivia’s national team had a couple of dudes like this too — absolute chaos merchants.”
“If it’s post-match, the ref can hand cards to everyone… players, staff, fans. Shame they didn’t push for triple digits tbh.”
“This one’s right up there with the Hanoi meltdown — pure football anarchy.”
“This isn’t football anymore — it’s basically a brand-new sport.”
“This is straight-up Nintendo Super Smash Bros rules at this point.”
“At that altitude your brain must start releasing some weird chemicals or something lmao.”
“So this is what Battle Royale Soccer looks like.”
“Did the ref actually pull out seventeen reds one by one? Man’s arm must’ve been tired.”
“Worse than hooligans, honestly.”
“‘Twenty police officers intervened’ — bro at that point the red-card count doesn’t even matter anymore.”
“In a place like that, only 20 cops is basically nothing lol.”
“So we’re talking ‘you need the actual military for crowd control’ levels then.”
“Imagine if Japan had beaten Bolivia in a friendly there — the whole place might’ve gone full riot mode.”
“You’d think TV cameras would stop people from throwing punches, but nope — full brawl on live broadcast.”
“The coach looking like John Lasseter squaring up with a counter left hook had me crying lmfao.”
“This reminds me of that disaster in Indonesia — except that one was a fan riot. Glad no one died here.”
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