This MASSIVE Brazilian Soccer Set a Guinness World Record for 51 Red Cards in Single Game

Now THAT'S a legitimate Guinness World Record. That was a hell of a soccer brawl to watch. It's like a 'Where's Waldo?'... video. A Where's Waldo of violence with a whole bunch different Waldo's. You can watch that fight 100 times and see something new on every watch. Chairs, stretchers, water coolers, shoes, ball boys, this giant pole a player picks up at the 1:00 mark...

Any object that could be used to attack an opponent was in play. The flying kicks were abundant. That's one thing about soccer fights that you rarely get anywhere else. I don't know if it's more of a cowardly thing, or a "we're soccer players, we use our feet" thing. But when a fight breaks out on the pitch, you can bet your bottom dollar that feet are going to fly. 

To elaborate on that point… again, I don't know if it makes the fights any more or less "impressive", but when a sports brawl breaks out in the United States, there's an unwritten rule that players will be using their fists. It's a pride thing. MEN fight by squaring up and throwing hands. No sucker punches either. But this soccer fight that broke out in Brazil… it's like they all immediately go into survival mode. It's not about proving who's tougher. It's about not taking a spear to the throat. It's about inflicting as much damage as possible using the tools at their disposal. So, in a way, it's ultra-cowardly because so many players will take their shot and then immediately scurry away. On the other hand, if they don't scurry away, they're probably going to take a blunt object to the back of the head. Nobody has the balls to hang in there and fight, but they are willing to go for the kill shot. That's… something.

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Anyways, that fight occurred 56 minutes into the match of the Minas Gerais U20 State Championship. The teams playing were Uberlândia and Mamoré. Military police were forced to get involved. The mid-game brawl resulted in 51 red cards (issued to 43 players and 8 coaches), setting an official Guinness World Record. Good shit, Brazil.