Video of Inter Milan and Valencia Brawl

By: Bob | March 6th, 2007

Here’s the video from the brawl at the end of Tuesday’s Champions League match between Inter Milan and Valencia. The main actor in the madness was Valencia reserve David Navarro who apparently no longer plays in the band Jane’s Addiction. Navarro ran onto the pitch and punched Inter Milan midfielder Nicolas Burdisso, breaking the Argentine’s nose. The Inter players didn’t take to kindly to this, chasing after Navarro in a scene right out of Tom and Jerry. Navarro clearly had no plans to stick around to get his arse whipped by some enraged Italians.

The description of what went down after the video ends:

Several Inter players tried to trip up Navarro as he ran off the pitch and the fighting continued in the tunnel.

Inter goalkeeper Francesco Toldo entered the Valencia dressing room, while Luis Figo and Inter’s Esteban Cambiasso were involved in scuffles as they tried to follow him with security guards having to intervene.

Local media reported that Navarro was ushered away from the stadium.

Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini said he was deeply disappointed by the incident.

‘A Valencia player went mad when he came on to the pitch and hit Burdisso,’ said Mancini. ‘He broke Burdisso’s nose.

‘Toldo saw the incident and it is possible he went into the Valencia dressing room.

‘Players have to learn how to behave on the pitch.’

Indeed. This kind of action shouldn’t take place in the dressing room when it can take place on the pitch instead for all the world to enjoy. Can’t wait to see the rest of the video from this one.

And just like a neighbor who can’t understand how the quiet man down the street could be an ax murderer, Valencia’s Italian defender Emiliano Moretti expressed his surprise at his team-mate’s actions. “Navarro is a perfectly normal person and I don’t know what would cause him to do such a thing,” he told Italian television.

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• Peter |  March 6th, 2007 at 4:48 pm

  
  
  

  He might be a punk but that is some nice speed from Navarro. He would be a great steeplechaser. Hope he enjoys a nice lengthy ban by FIFA.

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• Sam |  March 6th, 2007 at 4:52 pm

  
  
  

  Shit, that’s good stuff. At least it was actually a brawl (hint hint Carling Cup final where no punches were thrown)

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• Martha |  March 6th, 2007 at 4:59 pm

  
  
  

  There’s just got to be a history between the two to make him pick Burdisso — if you’re going to slug someone on Inter just to do it, how could it be anyone but Matrix?

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• Sam |  March 6th, 2007 at 5:13 pm

  
  
  

  Or, Burdisso said something or happened to be withing arm’s reach.

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• Steven Gerrards Double |  March 6th, 2007 at 6:28 pm

  
  
  

  All footballers are pussies, whats the point of hitting someone and then running? stand there and have a ruck!

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• alex |  March 6th, 2007 at 7:32 pm

  
  
  

  Well, Carmelo Anthony did the same thing. Just a small correction: Inter had two Italians on the field: Grosso and Matrix; neither were involved. Burdisso played a hard match but still it does not excuseNavarro’s idiocy. What about Valencia keeper Canivares ( Iforget the spelling) getting in Ibra’s face? What a fool. Ibrah could have smacked him – he’s not all there Ibra. very arrogant. That was good fun though.

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• Muddia Beduddia |  March 6th, 2007 at 8:20 pm

  
  
  

  On the money SGD.

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• The Fan's Attic |  March 6th, 2007 at 8:22 pm

  
  
  

  Stevie G: You mean like Carmelo Anthony?

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• Louise |  March 6th, 2007 at 10:42 pm

  
  
  

  It looks like Burdisso was fighting with Marchena and Joaquin first–and from that look on his face, it seems like he was the aggressor. Perhaps Navarro saw this and that’s why he punched Burdisso. Not saying it was justified, just trying to figure out why he did it. But Toldo, Figo, and Cambiasso getting into/trying to get into Valencia’s dressing room is what is really going to get Inter into trouble.

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• Bense |  March 7th, 2007 at 4:15 am

  
  
  

  That’s what a brawl sounds like in arabic. Very inquiring.

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• Martha |  March 7th, 2007 at 4:38 am

  
  
  

  I can’t believe Figo was in the brawl, but you can see him in the thick of it in the tunnel. Very bizarre — usually he’s far away from any conflict, because he’s too old and too jaded to care.

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• hoeman |  March 7th, 2007 at 5:05 am

  
  
  

  First of all was Burdisso who wanted to damage Marchena. Then Navarro.

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• Daniel |  March 7th, 2007 at 7:37 am

  
  
  

  Great stuff. I’m still laughing at him doing the hit and run Carmelo style.

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• paul |  April 4th, 2007 at 7:14 pm

  
  
  

  haha, that was some coward-ass shit. although I’m not an American football fan, you can see how they would think soccer players are wussies

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