The end of the match had an unexpected cross between two defenders Manchester City AND Fluminense which the official broadcast captured for a few seconds and brought the image to the stands. At the beginning of the awards ceremony, Philip Melo AND Kyle Walker They exchanged glances, exchanged insults and started a fight that aroused the reaction of their companions to prevent it from escalating.
After the final whistle, the Brazilian and the Englishman pushed each other onto the grass, faced each other and slapped each other several times. He was the first to arrive Jack Grealishnot exactly to separate.
However, the rest of the players and members of the coaching staff of both teams approached the scene of the brawl with the speed of firefighters, separated the players and prevented the situation from becoming more serious in Jeddah.
The experienced Brazilian has a history full of these types of situations. For example, the pineapple that the Uruguayan gave Matías Mier in Peñarol and Palmeiras for the 2017 Copa Libertadores. It’s not for nothing that he has 14 dismissals in his career.
In December 2015, when he was playing for Inter in Italy, he brutally kicked Lucas Biglia, an Argentinian player for Lazio. Two years earlier he had been involved in a clash with Galatasaray teammate Sabri Sarioglu in the middle of the Turkish Cup final against Bursaspor.
When he showed up at Palmeiras he made a special presentation to define himself: “Not just football, I also have technique. There’s a reason I played 13 years in Europe. But if I have to give a beating, I will give it. “If I have to hit a Uruguayan in the face, he will get a slap,” he said, referring to his Peñarol rivals.
Walker and Melo exchange blows and kicks. Photo: AFPThe Uruguayans seem to be the most hated rivals. Some time ago, when Peñarol footballer Gastón Rodríguez called him “macaque”, Melo left with a sharp tongue. “Maybe he has a personal problem because maybe his wife slept with a black man,” he surmised.
He was also paid: in the San Paolo classic against Corinthians he ended up with a cut to his eyebrow for which he received 13 stitches.
Source: Clarin
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