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But eagle-eyed viewers noticed the telltale urine running down the referee s leg and the footage started going viral as the match was being played.
The video showed da Silva loosening his shorts after glancing behind his back and peeing virtually over the match ball before stepping away from the centre circle like a man who has just tripped in the street and breaks into a run to cover up his gaffe.
A wet patch could be seen around his private parts, suggesting he had run out of time to use the toilets in his changing room before heading onto the pitch.
There have been head-butts, fouls and even blood on a football field before, but not urine.However, all that changed after a football referee was caught on camera relieving himself in the centre circle of the playing field ahead of a local .