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Rooster Thrown On Soccer Field In Homophobic Attack On Coach

"Rooster," or "petukh," is Russian slang for "f*ggot."

Fans threw a rooster onto the filed during a Russian soccer match, in an apparent homophobic attack against one team's coach.

During Sunday's game between Fakel Voronezh and Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, a spectator picked up a live rooster and chucked in on the pitch. The bird flapped its wings over to the touchline and the suspect cheered and made obscene gestures as others shouted "Grigoryan is a rooster," a reference to Vladivostok coach Alexander Grigoryan.

"Rooster," or "petukh," is Russian slang referring to the passive partner in anal sex, and is the equivalent to "faggot."

A man holds a Le Mans rooster during the reintroduction ceremony of the Le Mans breed in Versailles, near Paris, on Febuary 16, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Ludovic MARIN (Photo credit should read LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Coach Grigoryan has received threatening phone calls throughout the season. Vladivostok was leading 1-0 at the time the rooster was thrown, but went on to lose the match 3-1. The Russian Football Union is considering levying punishment over the incident.

The traumatized poultry wasn't the only animal to interfere with a soccer game in Russia last weekend: The San Francisco Chronicle reports that, before a third-tier game Saturday in the North Caucasuses, a trained bear named Tima was sent out to ceremonially present the ball to the referee.

Once again, the impromptu mascot didn't bring any luck: Host team Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk lost the game 3-0.

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