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Last Sunday, FC Taxi Duisburg II and SV Rot-Weiss Mülheim were preparing to go head-to-head in the lower divisions of German football.

As officials usually do, referee Stefan Kahler, who was due to take charge of the clash, was going through his pre-match checks.

While Kahler was conducting the license checks, a Taxi Duisburg’s player’s son was reportedly running around the field of play before he approached the ref.

And he certainly did not expect what happened next.

According to the official's report he could not take charge of the match after he was bitten by the child.

He wrote: "While I was checking the FC Taxi players' ID, a small child was doing warm-up exercises alongside the players.

“He came closer and closer to me, then suddenly - to my complete surprise - gave me a sharp bite in my left testicle.

"I did not start the game, because of the pain I was in and the situation.

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According to German outlet WAZ the medical condition of the referee is still unclear.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In vase anyone was wondering: he was bitten on the testicle. I'm not sure the headline makes it clear.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Definitely a foul ball!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

How utterly feral can a child possibly get?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago

Could have bitten it off, I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

That was one heel of a sentence to read

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

The boy just wanted to testes pain tolerance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago