Outrageous: A Peru keeper almost decapitates a striker, avoids dismissal & then saves penalty

This is a story about karma.

Saturday in the Peruvian top flight saw Pacífico take on rivals Unión Comercio.

The match blew up in just the 5th minute when Unión goalie Juan Flores rushed off his goalline and landed a flying karate-kick into the head of Pacifico striker Andrés Mendoza.

The keeper was penalised as Pacifico won a penalty, however the goalie managed to amazingly escape a dismissal as he was only booked for his offence. And then came the real injustice.

Having committed his shocking assault, Juan Flores turned aside the spot-kick as Pacifico blew their golden opportunity to score.

Eventually the hosts did take the lead through Carlos Perez in the 41st minute, but Unión equalised sixty seconds later through Gerardo Vonder Putten.

Story over? Not quite.

Midway through the second half a melee erupted on the pitch which Unión goalie Juan Flores couldn’t help himself from getting involved in. After pushing several opponents for no good reason, the goalie eventually received his marching orders.

The moral of the story: you can’t escape karma.

Watch match highlights of Pacífico 1 – Unión Comercio 1, including the outrageous kung-fu assault, in the videos below.