(CNN) -- It was the type of move that only a head of state could get away with.
During a soccer match, Bolivian President Evo Morales was caught on tape kneeing an opponent in the groin after an apparently hard foul he received. For his unsportsmanlike strike, Morales was not ejected, but the object of his aggression was, for his foul against the president.
The incident was at a friendly soccer game that took place in La Paz on Sunday after the inauguration of the new field, but political overtones were not absent.
The game was between the pesident's team and a team from the mayor of La Paz, made up of opposition politicians.
The state-run ABI news agency did not mention Morales' action but detailed the foul that led to it.
The opposing player kicked Morales hard in the right leg, the agency reported. The player's cleats left three marks on the president's leg and caused bruising in the area.
"The president received the violent hit five minutes into the game," the agency wrote.
After the hit, Morales asked for an analgesic spray to the wounded area and continued playing.
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