Atletico-City, brawl on the pitch and in the tunnel. The police intervene

Until the 90 ‘Atletico Madrid-Manchester City had been a hard-fought match, but not a very bad one, considering the weight of the match. At the end of the fire was Felipe, the defender of the Spaniards who at the beginning of the first half had been pardoned by the referee after a bad foul on Foden, was injured in the head and forced to play the rest of the game with a bandage. The warning was sacrosanct.

felipe expelled

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Felipe himself, already booked in the 90th minute, faced Foden at the level of the sideline. The City player tried to resist the attack, but he was kicked and rolled to the ground. Savic launched himself on him, in an attempt to get him back up, perhaps convinced that there had been no foul and that this was a scene to waste time. The players of the two teams, but also the substitutes and members of the technical staff, ran to that area of ​​the pitch and at that point the fight risked getting out of hand. Goalkeeper Oblak, in orange jersey, did everything to act as a barrier between the two factions. Savic pulled Grealish’s hair, risking aggravating the situation even more. The referee let everyone vent and then, after a few minutes, he first cautioned Aké and Savic and then sent off Felipe. An inevitable red, but taken badly by the defender, convinced that he was wronged. The Spanish fans roared every moment of the fight.

second round

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After 13 tense minutes of recovery, the final whistle has come. The City players embraced in the middle of the pitch, but upon returning to the locker room there was a second round which, as far as we know, was nothing more than the indoor dragging of the personal “match” between Savic and Grealish (also in the first leg, among other things, the City player was taken by the hair by Vrsaljco). Then, brawl also in the tunnel, quelled only with the intervention of the police.