Champions League Quarter-Finals: World’s Dirtiest Football Team? Fans slam Atletico Madrid – Football fans have appealed for a ban on Atletico Madrid from the UEFA Champions League, following shameful scenes from the La Liga outfit in the 2021/22 UCL quarter-final match against Manchester United. Follow Champions League live updates on InsideSport.IN.
What is the incident? Atletico Madrid took on Manchester City at their home ground in the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday, for the second leg clash of the quarter-final. Los Colchoneros needed a win from this game but Pep Guardiola’s defended with all their hearts to play out a 0-0 draw.
Champions League Quarter-Finals: World’s Dirtiest Football Team? Fans slam Atletico Madrid as World’s UGLIEST & DIRTIEST Football team, says should be banned from Champions LEAGUE
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The entire fiasco started a few minutes before the full-time whistle, when Atletico Madrid’s Felipe fouled Phil Foden. This instigated Diego Simeone’s centre-back Stefan Savic, who grabbed Foden by his shirt and pulled him out of the pitch. This embarrassing act was followed by another, since when Foden’s teammate Jack Grealish arrived at the scene to calm the players down, Savic attacked him by his hair and also hurled verbal abuses.
Champions League Quarter-Finals: World’s Dirtiest Football Team? Fans slam Atletico Madrid as World’s UGLIEST & DIRTIEST Football team, says should be banned from Champions LEAGUE
Tempers flared and things got completely out of the referee’s control, as both sets of players started attacking each other. Such was the scenario that it took the referees a significant while to pacify the Atletico players and get on with the game.
Champions League Quarter-Finals: World’s Dirtiest Football Team? Fans slam Atletico Madrid as World’s UGLIEST & DIRTIEST Football team, says should be banned from Champions LEAGUE
That was not the end of the matter, as it escalated into the tunnel as well. Policemen were called into the scene as reportedly, Savic continued attacking Manchester City players while Marcos Alonso threw an object at Aymeric Laporte.
Given the shameful scenes, football fans across the globe have appealed to the UEFA to ban Atletico Madrid from the competition. Guardiola himself did not comment on the situation, while Diego Simeone stated that he was not involved in any fights that went on.
Champions League Quarter-Finals: World’s Dirtiest Football Team? Fans slam Atletico Madrid as World’s UGLIEST & DIRTIEST Football team, says should be banned from Champions LEAGUE
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