BOF Posted September 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 21, 2012 ... and a player nonchalantly throws it off the field seconds before it blows up. He didn't realise it was a grenade at the time of course. A Soccer Player In Iran Threw A Grenade Off The Field Just Before It Blew Up Various objects were thrown onto the pitch at a club soccer game in Iran including a hand grenade. One player bent down to pick up the grenade and throw it off the field and it went off just seconds after he let go. The match, which was a quarterfinal match of the Asian Champions League, took place in Esfahan’s Fouladshahr stadium last night between Sephan FC of Iran and al-Ahli SC of Saudi Arabia. The match was briefly paused after the explosion and then continued. The game ended in a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Bring on the puns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomzep Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I like how as the lino and ref leg it, number 4 sqaures up to the explosion! Good old fashioned centre half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 If FIFA don't have an award for most nonchalant explosive disposal of the season, they should damn well start one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 That man came so close to really hurting himself. That's insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted September 21, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2012 Ron Vlaar would have eaten it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Wouldn't a grenade have been a bit more powerful than that? I thought they threw out shrapnel over a wide radius and were designed to kill or maim people standing as close to the explosion as pretty much everybody in that video. I'm not trying to trivialise the incident because it's clearly worrying that some kind of incendiary device was thrown onto the pitch and allowed to explode so near to people but it doesnt look powerful enough to kill anybody to me. The bloke is lucky it didnt go off in his hand though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 24, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2012 I think it's some sort of fire cracker (dunno if that's the right term). Certainly isn't a grenade. It would still have **** the guy's arm up if he'd been holding it. But if it was an actual grenade then all the guys you can see in that video would be in deep shit. Still serious, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 There are different types of grenade. They are not all like the ones in Rambo movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 If only this had happened in a match featuring Big Bang Chulalongkorn United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 24, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2012 There are different types of grenade. They are not all like the ones in Rambo movies. Obviously. But this one exploded about 6 feet away from those guys, and caused no injury whatsoever. It's probably technically classed a s a grenade I suppose. But it's not like it was your standard hand grenade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 24, 2012 Author Moderator Share Posted September 24, 2012 Not a standard hand grenade, no, but it is still anti-hand if it's in the immediate vicinity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 24, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2012 Definitely. He's lucky he's not waving goodbye to his hand. I could have tried harder for a pun there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 24, 2012 Author Moderator Share Posted September 24, 2012 No that'll do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 ...and where was Bruno Mars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted September 24, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 24, 2012 Dale Cregan - Iranian football hooligan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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