Ouch! Horrific moment a matador is tossed through the air then pinned to the floor and gored in the neck after taunting a bull
- Matador Lorenzo Sanchez stood poised to kill the injured animal at Madrid's Las Ventas bullring on Sunday
- But moments later he was hoisted into the air, thrown like a rag doll and gored in leg and chest in agonising clash
Thrusting his sword forward while screaming at the animal in the ring with him, bullfighter Lorenzo Sanchez looked poised to finish off his bloodied opponent.
But just moments later, it was the Spaniard knocking on death's door as he was hoisted into the air and tossed around like a rag doll.
As a nervous crowd looked on in Madrid's Las Ventas bullring, the desperate animal gored the matador, piercing his chest and leg in a frenzied attack.
At one point Sanchez is suspended upside down, blood dripping from his face, as the bull's horn is buried in his left leg.
After being dumped on to the ground, the animal attempts to finish him off and digs its horn digs into his chest as he howls in pain.
The stricken bullfighter is seen attempting to push the bull's head away as his red cape lies idle on the ground next to him.
Amazingly, the matador walked away from yesterday's clash and was seen being helped by onlookers, his face caked in blood.
Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle in Spain and has also spread to Hispanic American countries, including Colombia, through colonisation.
Ready to make the kill: Spanish bullfighter Lorenzo Sanchez points his sword forwards in anticipation during Sunday's event
Mistimes sword thrust: The matador is violently hoisted into the air like a rag doll - with the bull's horn buried in his left leg
Pierces his chest: As the stricken bullfighter attempts to recover from being thrown, the bull gores him in the chest
Agony: The bull makes one last effort for survival, burying its horn into the matador's torso in a stomach-churning attack
Desperate moments: A blood-soaked Sanchez tries to pull the horn out of his chest while howling in pain
Walked away with his life: The bullfighter is helped by other matadors as he exits the bullring following the accident
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