VIDEO: Cheap goal during AFC match leads to huge brawl
A. Isaac A huge brawl broke out between fans and players of the Suwon Bluewings and Al Sadd during an AFC Champions League semi-final match. The Bluewings, from South Korea, were apparently upset after an “ungentlemanly” goal was scored on them.
A tepid encounter exploded late in the second half after Al Sadd’s Mamadou Niang raced through for his breakaway second goal while much of Suwon’s team were tending to an injured player.
…It deteriorated into chaotic scenes as players and staff were drawn into fighting which blighted one of Asia’s biggest club games.
Suwon lost the game 2-0 and now face a daunting task in the second leg of the semi-final next Wednesday to reach the final.
“The opposition scored an ungentlemanly goal but there’s nothing we can do about it,” Suwon coach Yoon Sung-Hyo said late Wednesday.
The team in the white is Al Saad and the team in the blue is obviously the Suwon Bluewings–you know, just in case you have a dog in this fight. By the way, Al Saad won 2-0.
S.Korea football team urges punishment for brawl [AFP]
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