Rio de Janeiro - Andre Santos, a
defender with struggling
Brazilian top flight side
Flamengo, was attacked by
fans following Sunday's 4-0
thrashing by Internacional in
what his club called a
"cowardly" act.
The loss left the once proud Rio
side bottom of the table after a
run of just one win in 11
games.
The fans lay in wait for Santos,
who played for English Premier
League side Arsenal from
2011-13, after the game in
Porto Alegre and kicked and
punched him, he revealed, as
the team prepared to fly back
to Rio.
"I was kicked and punched. I
was on my own save for a
security guard. The police
arrived straight away and
helped me a lot but I received a
lot of blows before I could get
into the coach," he told Globo.
The club issued a statement
condemning the incident,
which came five months after
fans invaded training facilities
of Sao Paulo side Corinthians
and attacked players after a
loss to Santos.
Rio side Botafogo also saw
angry fans descend on a recent
training session.
"There have been various such
cases in our country but we
have to take them seriously.
Yesterday it happened to me --
but it could happen to
anybody," said Santos.

Thank God it is not worse,a case of Emotion running over.