Shocking moment fan invades pitch and attacks his own team as goalkeeper retaliates and riot police charge on

A URUGUAYAN football match was marred by bizarre scenes after a fan invaded the pitch to attack his OWN team. Top flight sides Torque and Danubio were in action in the Copa Uruguay when the match had to be halted temporarily. A Uruguayan cup game was halted after three fans invaded the pitch Credit: http://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/ One supporter started shoving his own players to spark chaos Credit: http://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/ Footage shows three supporters jumping the railings and storming onto the pitch mid-game. One fan sprints towards a group of Danubio players and immediately starts pushing two of them. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! The scenes then turned into chaos as the Danubio goalkeeper ran all the way to the half line to confront the pitch invader. The keeper shoved the fan and chased after him before striking him on the head and grappling with him. One of his team-mates then grabs him to stop him from harming the fan and ends up tackling him to the ground. The situation sparked a huge melee as both teams attempted to corner the pitch invader and get him off the field of play. Fans were thrilled by the goalkeeper’s quick-thinking and decisive behaviour in chasing the fan off the pitch. One said on Reddit: “Keeper went straight to DEFCON 1, fair play.” Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK The goalkeeper charged towards the fan and tried to get him off the pitch Credit: http://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/ The scenes sparked a melee as both sets of teams tried to corner the fan Credit: http://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/ A second added: “Always the goalkeeper, they are just built different. I love them.” A third wrote: “Goalkeeper was waiting for this moment his entire life!” Others criticised the fan for attacking his own players. One added: “You’re not a fan when you attack your own players.” Another said: “I will never understand people that take sports to that level. It’s indefensible.” Danubio went on to lose the game 2-0 to Torque in the Copa Uruguay group stage to leave them with three points from two games. Comment now