

The Brawl of the Bosphorus (Sort of)
By: Daryl | April 13th, 2009You’ve probably already heard about/read about/seen what happened in yesterday’s Istanbul derby, where the Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe players almost took the whole Battle of the Bosphorus thing a little too literally.
An on-field confrontation between (Mehmet Topal excepted) two entire teams is always going to be headline news. It illustrates the passion of a derby. Or something. But the truth is… nothing really happened.
After the initial incident (apparently Fener’s Diego Lugano headbutted Galatasaray’s Emre Asik) it’s basically just pushing and shoving. A lot of pushing and shoving, yes. And there are a few hand on neck moments. But it’s mostly still just pushing and shoving and a few players allowing themselves to be “held back” (as in “let me at ‘em but don’t really”). No one got hurt and no punches were thrown. I’m probably not the first person to point this out, but when footballers “brawl” all they’re really doing is playfighting.
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