{"id":300854,"date":"2023-12-20T18:25:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=300854"},"modified":"2023-12-20T18:25:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:25:43","slug":"mass-brawl-breaks-out-in-turkey-as-five-players-are-sent-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/mass-brawl-breaks-out-in-turkey-as-five-players-are-sent-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass brawl breaks out in Turkey as FIVE players are sent off"},"content":{"rendered":"
A mass brawl broke out and five players were sent out in stoppage time of Wednesday’s Turkish third division clash between Bursapor and Diyarbekispor.<\/p>\n
Tempers erupted in the closing moments of the match when a visiting player celebrated his goal in front of home supporters. Things quickly turned into an all-out brawl between both sets of players.<\/p>\n
Turkish football is already dealing with the fallout from recent high-profile violence after a referee was punched in the face by\u00a0MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca.<\/p>\n
The official was hospitalised as a result before being discharged while Koca resigned from his role and the season was suspended before eventually resuming.<\/p>\n
Further violence broke out in a Turkish volleyball match that saw players and coaches attacked by spectators with glass and plastic bottles.<\/p>\n
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A mass brawl broke out and five players were sent out in stoppage time of Wednesday’s Turkish third division clash between Bursapor and Diyarbekispor<\/p>\n
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Punches and kicks were thrown as riot police stepped onto the pitch to calm the chaos<\/p>\n
This latest incident on Wednesday is another damning example of violence spilling into sporting arenas.<\/p>\n
Players, coaches and technical staff at Bursapor’s Timsah Arena were involved in the ugly scenes that resulted in riot police being deployed and spectators trying to get onto the pitch.<\/p>\n
A melee of home players can be seen aiming kicks and punches at members of the opposition standing in the dugout while others try to intervene.<\/p>\n
Futile efforts to calm the ensuing chaos fail and players including Bursapor goalkeeper\u00a0Deniz Ayd\u0131n can be seen trying to punch and kick opposition players.<\/p>\n
Hosts midfielder\u00a0Bilal Guney was the worst offender as he tried to aim a flurry of kicks and punches at another player who was being separated by scurity staff and police.<\/p>\n
20-year-old Guney refused to calm down and after initially pushing a riot officer out of the way, proceeds to evade other security personnel before charging at another player.<\/p>\n
More level-headed team-mates then drag him away back to the pitch while other violence carries on in another area of the pitch.<\/p>\n
Scenes eventually settle enough for the referee to give his verdict and proceeds to send off five players as a result, three from the visitors and two from Bursapor.<\/p>\n
Visitors, Diyarbekispor, went on to a record a 2-0 victory at the bottom of the table side.<\/p>\n