The text is for the following question. This story by Lourdes Sada originally appeared on Global Voices onFebruary 23, 2019. Football players of Catalonia's Terrassa Football Clubwere expelledfrom competition after theyproffered sexistinsults at the female club mates during a match, sparking a broader discussion on social media about sexism in male-dominated sports. On February 2, the Terrassa veterans,who play in the Spanish league's third division, had a match scheduled to kick off immediately after another match between the club's second division female team and rival Villadecals. As the male players warmed up, a female footballer suffered a severe injury on the field, which delayed the end of the match. The veterans turned restless and began demanding the women's match to be concluded, while also insulting the players.According to the referee's minutes, the veteran players yelled,“Get off the field!It's time for us to play. This game should have been suspended. You shouldn't evenbe playing.” The female players rebuked them and were quickly joined by some members of the public. Then the men's insults turned sexist: “Go to the kitchen, go wash dishes, you pieces of shit. You're sluts,” were some of the expletives cited in the minutes of the match. Fearing a further escalation, the referee suspended the women's match, to which the female athletes from both teams responded by sitting at the center of the fieldto impede the men's match from taking place. (Retrieved from https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/23/catalonian-football-team-expelled-from-competition-after-players-insult-female-squad/ ) “…to impede the men's match from taking place.” (Last paragraph) The underlined word is synonymous with ….

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This story by Lourdes Sada originally appeared on Global Voices on February 23, 2019.

Football players of Catalonia's Terrassa Football Club were expelled from competition after they proffered sexist insults at the female club mates during a match, sparking a broader discussion on social media about sexism in male-dominated sports.

On February 2, the Terrassa veterans, who play in the Spanish league's third division, had a match scheduled to kick off immediately after another match between the club's second division female team and rival Villadecals. As the male players warmed up, a female footballer suffered a severe injury on the field, which delayed the end of the match.

The veterans turned restless and began demanding the women's match to be concluded, while also insulting the players. According to the referee's minutes, the veteran players yelled, “Get off the field! It's time for us to play. This game should have been suspended. You shouldn't even be playing.”

The female players rebuked them and were quickly joined by some members of the public. Then the men's insults turned sexist: “Go to the kitchen, go wash dishes, you pieces of shit. You're sluts,” were some of the expletives cited in the minutes of the match.

Fearing a further escalation, the referee suspended the women's match, to which the female athletes from both teams responded by sitting at the center of the field to impede the men's match from taking place.

(Retrieved from https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/23/catalonian-football-team-expelled-from-competition-after-players-insult-female-squad/)

“… to impede the men's match from taking place.” (Last paragraph)

The underlined word is synonymous with ….