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Explosive Portuguese clash between Porto and Sporting Lisbon descends into a 40-man brawl as the referee shows FOUR red cards amongst the full-time chaos… with even the BALLBOYS trying to fight!
- Sporting Lisbon and Porto played-out a fiery classic in Friday night in Portugal
- The game finished 2-2 with Sebastien Coates sent-off in the second-half
- As the full-time whistle blew tensions boiled over after a high foot on Pepe
- A huge scrap broke out which took five minutes to calm, with ballboys fighting
- Four more players were sent-off after the full-time brawl, with Pepe punished
Controlling 22 men in the dying seconds of a fiery Porto versus Sporting derby is tough enough for a referee but when ballboys begin fighting players, order is impossible.
Tensions boiled over in the ninth and final minute of injury-time. Sporting had built a 2-0 first-half lead before Porto finally levelled on 78 minutes following Sebastien Coates’ second-half red, and the hosts went in search of a late winner.
The ball hung in the air after a stunning Antonio Adan stop and Pepe flung himself at it, apparently taking a blow to the head from Joao Palhinha’s high boot. As the centre-back wailed and writhed in the goalmouth (still keeping an eye on the action) play continued a further minute, until the whistle sparked carnage.
A mass brawl broke out at full-time of the clash between Sporting and Poto, with Pepe involved
Players, staff and even ballboys were caught-up in the madness as the officials lost control
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Source : dailymail
