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Hulk among record 23 sent off in Brazilian brawl

Former Brazil attacker Hulk was one of a record 23 players sent off on Sunday after a mass brawl as his Atletico Mineiro side lost 1-0 to Cruzeiro in the Campeonato Mineiro league.

Referee Matheus Candancan showed 39-year-old Hulk and 10 of his team-mates red cards as well as 12 Cruzeiro players as tempers flared with punches being thrown and individuals being kicked.

The incident in the 96th minutes was sparked after an altercation between Mineiro goalkeeper Everson and opposition attacker Christian.

According to a specialist website the previous Brazilian record of 22 red cards was set in 1954.

“I apologise to everyone who was at the stadium, to those who watched on TV and especially to the children who see football as an inspiration,” Hulk said.

“What we saw is not the example we want to set,” the ex-Porto striker said.

The world record for red cards was set in 2011 in fifth division Argentine game went 36 people were sent off.

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