A Colombian soccer star was attacked on the field by a fan before a match on Sunday, causing the player to retaliate and the scheduled game to get postponed.<br /><br />Videos show Daniel Catano of Millonarios being attacked from behind while warming up before a Categoria Primera A game against Deportes Tolima, for whom Catano played for the previous five years.<br /><br />Catano had been getting jeered by Tolima fans in Ibague, Colombia before the fan ran onto the field and hit him on the head.<br /><br />The fan tried to run away, but Catano chased him down and knocked him to the ground. The fan was apprehended by security and taken away.<br /><br />The incident led to the referee issuing a red card to Catano before the match began and Millonarios reportedly refused to play, resulting in the postponement.<br /><br />Millonarios said in a statement that the postponement was due to “the difficulty of guaranteeing the safety of the players.”<br /><br />According to The Sun, Deportes Tolima president Cesar Camargo took issue with Millonarios refusing to play.<br /><br />“The fan is out of control and will have to be prosecuted,” Camargo said. “And for a team to withdraw from the field is a boycott of the game and the sport, it is not worth putting pressure on us in that way.”<br /><br />David Silva, Millionarios’ captain, explained to the referee why his team did not want to play.<br /><br />“Safety of the coaching staff, players, is above anything else,” Silva said in a video captured by Win Sports TV. “We have to set a precedent so that we educate ourselves as a society. We have to take care of each other.”
