A steward spat at a visiting player and was then chased and kicked by one of his teammates after a Copa Argentina tie between Central Norte and Talleres Perico.
The incident happened in the aftermath of Central Norte progressing on aggregate despite a 1-0 defeat.
Bochorno en #CopaArgentina ► #Video: Incidentes en el partido entre #CentralNorte y #TalleresDePerico.@KeopsFM #LaPlata pic.twitter.com/3eUOguCTBY
- Keops FM 90.1 (@KeopsFM) February 15, 2017
As the players walked toward the tunnel, a steward spat at Talleres Perico defender Franco Sosa.
Sosa and teammate David Arganaraz ran after the steward and the latter made contact with him with a flying kick.
The player appeared to injure himself in the incident before the steward and a colleague retaliated by kicking him as he lay on the ground.
#Violencia Estas son las imágenes que dieron vuelta por todos los medios del país. La violencia segundo a... https://t.co/6gfgrG0e8d
- Talleres de Perico (@talleresclub) February 16, 2017
A photographer ran onto the pitch to intervene before police arrived.
Central Norte condemned the incident and claimed the steward was only 13 years old.
The club tweeted: "Disgrace, the player David Arganaraz throwing a flying kick at a 13-year old."
#Vergüenza El jugador David Argañaraz tirando una patada voladora a un chico de 13 años.
�� Foto: @AyeAlfaro_ Arenga pic.twitter.com/hhSVJ4kLX1- Central Norte Salta (@CACNoficial) February 14, 2017
On their official website, they wrote that the game "was marred by violence as... Talleres players provoked the Central players and that led to a few incidents at the start of the tunnel involving David Arganaraz, Franco Sosa and two club stewards, one of them a minor."
Talleres, meanwhile, said they were appalled by the way in which their players had been provoked, adding that Sosa had been hit by the steward and describing the attack on Arganaraz as "brutal."