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The coach of Itaperuna Esporte Clube de Brasil, Paulo Matta, exploded. In addition to suffering “a goal in offside” from the rival attacker Edmundo that gave the finishing touch to the 2-3 score at the Jair Bittencourt stadium in favor of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama for the Copa Carioca of 1997, the referee José Carlos Santiago had red-carded three of his men. Furious at seeing his team and his work decimated, Matta jumped onto the field, approached the referee, and pulled down his pants to show him his ass. “I asked him if he also wanted it.” The manager went berserk before the press microphones, which loved every minute of the unusual episode. “I got naked because I’m tired of working honestly just to be robbed so scandalously,” said the nudist coach, adding that “soccer in Rio de Janeiro is a shame.” After receiving a harsh 400-day suspension, Matta resolved to abandon his coaching career and start another…as a singer!