"Fans from both sides gathered on a shopping street, whistles and shouts as fans approached each other, followed by serious physical altercations and eventually a group fight. In the video, one side of the www.biquge.info surrounded the other side of the story, and then threw stools and other debris at the store. During the whole process, there was only one policeman-looking man on the street trying to maintain order, but compared to the hundreds of fans, he was obviously weak and powerless to prevent the brawl from happening. The small vendors on the street were jumped off and avoided it, and the whole scene was chaotic. After a brief "exchange of fire", the outnumbered United fans had to flee in a panic, with Fenerbahce fans screaming and chasing behind them. ”

Local television in Gijón aired footage of Manchester United clashing with Fenerbahce fans on the streets of Istanbul in early December 2004 when they were visiting Istanbul.

'Two Manchester United fans were injured in this clash, but luckily the injuries were not serious. ”

"In view of the possible safety hazards of the away stadium in Istanbul, Sporting Gijón FC is calling on all fans to stay in Gijón and not travel away from home. ”

"The head coach of the team, Mr. Leon, told the fans that the team will do everything to bring back the victory, and all the fans have to do is stay in Gijón and wait for them to return!"

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Sporting Gijón will face Turkish Super League giants Fenerbahce in Istanbul, Turkey in the first leg of the UEFA Cup 16 finals three days later.

It's rare for clubs to come forward and urge fans not to go away from the game, and generally speaking, the more people who want to go to the away stadium to cheer on the team, the better.

However, as long as you know a little about the Turkish away game that Sporting Gijón is going to visit this time, you will know that this move by Sporting Gijón is by no means superfluous, it is really necessary.

The Turks, who are the descendants of the Turks, nearly a thousand years ago, lived by nomadism, lived by water and grass, in their bones, flowing with fierce and irritable blood, turned over their horses, scimitars in their hands, every man is a warrior, it is like this, the powerful Ottoman Empire, in Europe and the Middle East, dominates the world, and is the only one.

After a thousand years, there is no need for fierce horses, no need for scimitars, clothing, customs, and environment, which have long been full of the imprint of modern industrial civilization, but the bloodiness in the bones, fierceness, unruliness, and thousands of years will not change. With blood in the streets, knives and knives, and a legal machine tightly controlled, if you want to find an outlet to vent and deliberately show off the male hormones of Turkic men, then going wild on the court is the best way.

"Welcome to Hell", this phrase is very famous on the football field, and some of the home stadiums with a terrifying atmosphere are called hell home, the word 'hell home' is the slogan after the 1993 Champions Cup, which made Istanbul and Turkey famous in Europe overnight.

Turkish fans, who are out-and-out berserkers, and the provocative participation of football hooligans make it not surprising that a football match can turn into a bloody tragedy. In the 2000 UEFA Cup semi-final, two Leeds fans were stabbed to death in Istanbul, making this land between Europe and Asia terrifying. No football fan in any country would be proud that their home is "hell", and the Turks dare to be the first in the world, which is really shocking.

Almost every year, Turkey's away games will make teams from afar tremble. Any team from other parts of Europe will feel a lot of pressure when they come to play in Turkey, and if their mental quality is a little worse, they may just be weak and lose their form. Many teams, even if they are giants, will not want to play in Turkey.

The horror of the stadium environment made the fans of the visiting team afraid to go with the team, preferring to watch TV at home honestly. In Turkey's stadiums, it is customary to have the stands collapsing, the bloodshed and riots, and even the guns fired by the police.

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In addition, it is worth mentioning that it is not only the fanaticism and aggressiveness of Turkish fans that discourage the away players and fans, but also the inaction and favoritism of the local Turkish police.

Manchester United legend Brian Robson once revealed in an interview that he played with the team in Turkey, "It was 1993 when we played away at Galatasaray and there was a lot of hostility in the stadium. As a police officer escorted Cantona off the pitch, as we walked to the side of the steps, the officer suddenly hit Cantona on the head from behind, causing him to fall down the steps. I immediately fought back, and then I was also beaten with a shield by other policemen, and I received 8 stitches in my elbow afterwards. I don't think there will be many countries where the police also beat up the players!"

Indeed, it was also seen as the most violent game in United's history, with even Ferguson's coach saying afterwards that "the police are more terrible than the fans." ”

Therefore, in view of the worrying environment of Turkey's away stadium, in addition, Sporting Gijón has been away from European competition for more than 20 years, and lacks the experience of 'fighting' away from home, and the fans of Sporting Gijón are not optimistic in the face of the fans of Fenerbahce, who are strong in combat, so this time, Sporting Gijón Club took the initiative to call on fans not to travel with the team.

In fact, this is also the initiative of the team's head coach Li Ang, who does not want his fans to have any accidents in this terrifying away game.

Although it is estimated that there will still be some fans who do not listen to the persuasion and go to Istanbul, however, they issued a safety warning in advance, which is more or less useful, at least, I hope that the fans of Sporting Gijón will understand the 'difference' of this away game, do not take the initiative to cause trouble, in the case of not cowardice, in the case of possible threats to safety, safety first!

Sporting Gijón finally issued a serious warning to the fans, if some fans have to go to the away stadium, then they must be with the team, and try to go out together, not alone or three or five people, but with more than a dozen people to be safe.

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Sporting Gijón issued a safety warning to their fans, which is normal in the eyes of the Spanish media, after all, the horror of Turkey's away game is known to the whole of Europe.

However, this immediately caused dissatisfaction on the Turkish side.

The Turkish tourism administration directly said that this was a kind of discrimination against Turkey, and severely criticized the long-standing slander and discrimination against Turkey by some European countries.

And the Turkish media also added fuel to the fire, fanning the atmosphere.

"The crusaders of the past were beaten by our powerful Ottoman cavalry, and now they are purely revenge and slander!"

“…… We Turks love peace and never cause trouble, these are all rumors and slanders against us!"

"They discriminate against Turkey, those are all shadowless things, damn bastards of lies!"

The Turkish media, in their newspapers and on the Internet, hyped up the incident, as if they were innocent and wronged. At the same time, we call on the fans of Turkey and Fenerbahce to fight bravely and fight these 'unjust' remarks and 'unjust' slander to the end!

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Sure enough, this fire was successfully lit by these media who were 'afraid that the world would not be chaotic', and the fire became more and more vigorous.

The Turkish fans, who were already hot-tempered and had to make trouble three times when they had nothing to do, were outraged by the success of these media in lighting the torch of the battle.

"It's discrimination!Damn it!Wait!!"

"Gijón, I've never heard of a small club, if they dare to come, they will kill them!"

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"Bastards Gijon, you will pay for your actions!"

Such a League Cup match that looks ordinary but does not seem to be ordinary has come like this.

For the first time in history, Sporting Gijón will be a guest on the Ottoman continent.

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