Footballers tend to show their bad temper on the pitch, but sometimes they cross the line of the regulation and end up giving their rival a kick either due to impotence or to collect some debt.
Here we review some of the wildest entries in the history of the Champions League.
Many qualify this action as the worst and dirtiest in the history of the Champions League, at that time the European Cup. Lothar Matthaus made a hard tackle on Juanito, but the Real Madrid player did not sit idly by: he got up immediately and hit the German two on the back and on the head. The referee showed the Spanish player the red card.
In 1995 Ajax and Milan faced each other in the Champions League final. The Milan defender raised his leg too high above Litmanen’s head. The last straw was that the referee signaled a foul in attack. The recreation of Van Gaal on the band made it very clear how the play was.
Pepe had a very violent time during his time at Real Madrid and he did not hesitate to kick himself with anyone who got in front of him. In the 2010/2011 season in the first leg of the semifinals against Barça, the Portuguese made it clear who was in charge on the field until he was sent off for a great squad on Dani Alves.
Although there is still discussion about whether Pepe plays Alves and everything is the Brazilian’s theater, the entrance is still a dangerous game.
Thomas Müller showed that if he had not been a football player, he could well have devoted himself to martial arts. In the duel between Bayern and Ajax, the German player kicked Nicolás Tagliafico in the head that took several stitches. The Bayern player, who saw the direct red card, immediately realized what he had done.
Serge Aurier was contesting a ball and found no better place to land from his jump than on David Alaba. The Austrian player, who at that time was a member of Bayern, threw himself to the ground for the ball and saw the Tottenham player fall on him. The referee did not even give him a yellow.
To the ankle and behind. That was the secret that Idrissa Gueye left to Gundogan in last season’s Champions semi-finals between PSG and Manchester City. The Senegalese from PSG was expelled.
Idrissa Gueye appears on the list again, but this time on the opposite side. On the first day of the 2021/2022 Champions League, Kevin de Bruyne put the Senegalese’s endurance to the test. The PSG player took a terrible stomp on his ankle, one of those that would leave any of us for days without moving. The action was only sanctioned with a yellow card due to the disbelief of the PSG players who requested the expulsion of the City player.
Dudelange of Luxembourg was playing qualification for the group stage of the Champions League against VIDI of Hungary. Bryan Mélisse made an ugly tackle on Mate Patkai putting the studs on his stomach. Obviously he was expelled between the reciminations by the players of the Hungarian team for the savagery he just committed.
He may have done it unintentionally and did not even see the Liverpool player, but Griezmann’s kick putting the studs on Firmino’s neck is already one of the most creepy in the Champions League. The Atleti player took the direct red.
Parallel to the match between Atleti and Liverpool at Wanda, Zlatan Ibrahimovic again showed his skills as a karateka at Do Dragao. The Swede from Milan went to control a divided ball and raised his leg bringing him level with Mbemba’s face. A situation similar to that of Griezmann with Firmino except that Ibrahimovic saw the yellow and was not sent off.
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