What began as a friendly football match didn’t end in such an amiable way when a brawl broke out and several suspects were arrested on Tuesday evening in Kandal province’s Takhmao town.

Witnesses say the game was 90 minutes in when words between players got heated and fists started to fly.

Cops ended up blowing the final whistle, however, when they showed up to haul the aggressors away for questioning and see one athlete off to hospital.

Koh Santepheap