By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 23:13 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:48 EST, 12 June 2013 . An Argentine soccer player was expelled from a minor league game and fired from his team for mistreating a dog that wandered onto the field. Fox Sports de Argentina broadcast images on Tuesday showing the player use both hands to grab the mid-size black-and-white dog by the collar and throw it toward the bleachers during the game. The dog struck a chain-link fence and fell down, but quickly got up and ran away. Scroll down to see the shocking video... Pitch invasion: A dog is seen on the pitch much to the surprise of the players . Dragged off: Jose Gimenez attempts to sort the problem out by grabbing the dog by its next and walking towards the edge of the pitch . Run-up: Dragged off: Gimenez builds up pace... almost as though he is about the kick the dog over the fence, like he would a football . Hurl: Gimenez's feet leave the ground as he hurls the dog as hard as he can over the fence . The referee flashed a red penalty card at the player, Jose Gimenez, signaling his expulsion from the game between his Bella Vista team and the San Juan team in Tucuman province, which is about 800 miles north of Buenos Aires. Gimenez told the newspaper Gazeta de Tucuman that he later felt ashamed by what he did and said he had been fired from the team. Lobbed: The helpless dog is chucked through the air like a football but Gimenez hasn't even got the strength to get it over the fence . Whack! The dog smashes against the barbed wire fence and drops to the ground with a thud . Getaway: The dog scampers away and somehow appears to be uninjured despite the battering . Anger: Players from both Bella Vista and the San Juan team vent their anger at Giminez outrageous behavior . Off! Off! Off! Jose Gimenez is shown the red card by the referee and is later sacked for his actions . The player said he had a hard time trying to explain to his 3-year-old son 'why I had choked a doggie on TV.' He said he decided to deal with the dog because no one else was trying to get it off the field, 'but it wasn't my intention for this to occur.' Still, Gimenez complained about the attention caused by the case. 'So many things occur in soccer that do not have such repercussions,' he said.
Jose Gimenez said the presence of a dog on the pitch was disrupting the match so he decided to do something about it .
Player grabbed the dog by its neck and attempted to hurl it over a fence .
Gimenez was met with fury of his teammates, shown the red card and then sacked .
Dog sensibly ran off - apparently unharmed .
By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 23:13 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:48 EST, 12 June 2013 . An Argentine soccer player was expelled from a minor league game and fired from his team for mistreating a dog that wandered onto the field. Fox Sports de Argentina broadcast images on Tuesday showing the player use both hands to grab the mid-size black-and-white dog by the collar and throw it toward the bleachers during the game. The dog struck a chain-link fence and fell down, but quickly got up and ran away. Scroll down to see the shocking video... Pitch invasion: A dog is seen on the pitch much to the surprise of the players . Dragged off: Jose Gimenez attempts to sort the problem out by grabbing the dog by its next and walking towards the edge of the pitch . Run-up: Dragged off: Gimenez builds up pace... almost as though he is about the kick the dog over the fence, like he would a football . Hurl: Gimenez's feet leave the ground as he hurls the dog as hard as he can over the fence . The referee flashed a red penalty card at the player, Jose Gimenez, signaling his expulsion from the game between his Bella Vista team and the San Juan team in Tucuman province, which is about 800 miles north of Buenos Aires. Gimenez told the newspaper Gazeta de Tucuman that he later felt ashamed by what he did and said he had been fired from the team. Lobbed: The helpless dog is chucked through the air like a football but Gimenez hasn't even got the strength to get it over the fence . Whack! The dog smashes against the barbed wire fence and drops to the ground with a thud . Getaway: The dog scampers away and somehow appears to be uninjured despite the battering . Anger: Players from both Bella Vista and the San Juan team vent their anger at Giminez outrageous behavior . Off! Off! Off! Jose Gimenez is shown the red card by the referee and is later sacked for his actions . The player said he had a hard time trying to explain to his 3-year-old son 'why I had choked a doggie on TV.' He said he decided to deal with the dog because no one else was trying to get it off the field, 'but it wasn't my intention for this to occur.' Still, Gimenez complained about the attention caused by the case. 'So many things occur in soccer that do not have such repercussions,' he said.
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