Soccer player gets yellow card instead of black eye after kissing referee

We’re not big soccer fans; in fact, the only times we report on futbol is when riots break out or some chick rips off her shirt after a goal. But a story about a soccer player kissing a ref caught our eye because the referee decided to give his admirer a yellow card for the smooch. Apparently the ref took offense to the sign of affection and started saying “You can’t kiss me. You can’t kiss me.” You can’t blame the guy for getting upset at the kissing bandit; after all, the least he could have done was take him out to dinner first.

This got us thinking about some of the more famous kisses in sports history. What we came up with can be found after the jump.

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[TheOffside]: Defender kisses ref. and gets yellow carded

You’ve got the Magic Johnson-Isiah Thomas peck during the All-Star game.

There’s the Bill Cowher/Joey Porter kiss on the cheek.

Then there’s Mario Elie’s kiss of death.

And, of course, who could forget this…

Sure, it has nothing to do with sports, but it’s still fun to watch.