A referee, who is also a physical education teacher in Argentina, is receiving international hero status for what he did on Saturday while working a match in the country's fourth division. Yael Falcon Perez was refereeing a match between San Miguel and Defensores Unidos when player San Miguel's Isaias Olariaga collided with an opponent, receiving a horrific, potentially life-threatening injury, with the ref coming to the rescue.
"In the clash of heads in the box, I see the San Miguel player convulsing. When one's mouth is open, the biggest cause of death is by the tongue not allowing the person to breathe," he told Clarin.