Warning: Disturbing Video: Argentinian footballer throws dog off field by his neck

VIDEO: Soccer player throws dog by its neck off the field, gets red carded for animal abuse

Jose Jimenez, a forward for Tucuman League team Bella Vista, shocked fellow players and fans alike when he grabbed a stray dog that had wandered onto the field and tried to toss it by the neck into the stands.

An animal interrupted a lower division soccer game in Argentina with a sickening display of dog abuse.
Jose Jimenez, a forward for Tucuman League team Bella Vista, shocked fellow players and fans alike when he grabbed a stray dog that had wandered onto the field and tried to toss it by the neck into the stands. The poor pooch hit the top of the metal fence that ringed the field and came crashing back to the ground.
Video showed the dog get up apparently unharmed, but Jimenez's problems were just beginning.

Outraged fans started hurling garbage and insults at Jimenez, who was also chased into the Bella Vista bench by players of opposing team San Juan. Looking to avoid an all-out brawl, the referee kicked Jimenez out of the game with a red card.

Once the game ended in a 2-1 win for San Juan, Jimenez blamed the match official for his actions.
"The referee made me nervous," Jimenez told Argentina's Ole sports newspaper before further digging a hole for himself.
"I wasn't trying to hurt the dog, I just wanted to remove it because the (San Juan) fans sent it onto the field to waste time."
Unfortunately for Jimenez, his half-hearted apology fell on deaf ears and Bella Vista cut him from the squad.