Sunday's Bolivian league match between Oriente Petrolero and Blooming turned intensely violent just before halftime when Sergio Jauregui of Blooming retaliated for an elbow he caught from Oriente's Leonardo Medina during the run of play an act which earned Medina a red card by executing a sickening kung fu kick that would even make Jean-Claude Van Damme jealous on Medina as he headed for the tunnel, leaving him unconscious.

The Copa Sudamericana match between Bolivian side Blooming and River Plate of Uruguay was abandoned in the 65th minute when a psycho fan with a knife invaded the pitch and attacked River Plate's Henry Gimenez. River Plate was winning 1-0 at the time as a result of a cock up by Blooming's goalkeeper.

Oh Sweet Jesus. Next time David Beckham takes offence at a fan saying some unsavoury things about his missus he should thank his lucky stars he doesn't play in South America where scenes like these are all too common.

I don't know whats more scary, the man running on the pitch with a knife or the fact that some of the players don't seem to understand why the referee has called off the game!

As Aurora at last emerged from the shadow of their Cochabamba rivals Wilstermann in 2008 by accomplishing their first league triumph in the Bolivian closing championship and can face up to the prospect of entertaining Gremio in this season's Copa Libertadores, we take a closer look at the nation's most successful domestic clubs.

When fans get stabby This video features a goalkeeping howler (which OTP has featured plenty of) and an attempted knife attack on a player (which thankfully are a little thinner on the ground). The Copa Sudamericana tie between Argentina's River Plater and Blooming of Bolivia was called off last night after a fan attacked River's Henry [.

Hoy en la ciudad de La Paz en Bolivia se jugaba un partido de la Copa Sudamericana entre el River Plate de Uruguay y Blooming.

En el minuto 65 del encuentro que iba ganando el equipo uruguayo por 1-0, se mete un aficionado al césped del partido y ataca por detrás agrediendo al jugador Henry Giménez del River Plate.

This video really needs no words, as it's destined for YouTube infamy. But you know, plenty of people invade pitches. They run on, get their moment in the sun, maybe attack a player or two, spend a few hours in the slammer, but few, if any, truly leave a mark. This Copa Sudamericana fan - perhaps [..

A transfer window of frugality kicking off the international break makes this, officially, the most boring week in the history of football. My desire for interesting football news hit such embarrassing depths last night I even jumped into the Google machine to see what Steven Appiah is up to these days (not much, it seems).