Clock him one; WORLD OF FOOTBALL.Byline: KEVIN McALLION BUNGLING bun·gle v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles v.intr. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently. v.tr. To handle badly; botch. See Synonyms at botch. n. Brazilian ref Djalma Beltrami caused chaos with shoddy timekeeping as Santos lost 3-2 at home to Atletico Mineiro. Santos were chasing a leveller lev·el·ler n. Variant of leveler. Noun 1. leveller - a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions leveler radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions with two of the four added minutes still to play when Beltrami sparked fury by blowing for full time. He was eventually forced to restart play and Santos scored an equaliser. However, the whistler chalked it off for a phantom foul then red carded defender Leo for his protests. Leo fumed: "The ref got scared of the complications, having made a mistake by ending the game early. So when he saw the ball go in he invented a foul. It's absurd." |
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