The violence that took place in the final minutes of the match between Atlético Madrid and Manchester City moved to the locker room after the final whistle that decreed the qualification of the English team to the Champions League semifinal. It is that some players from both campuses continued the discussions and forced the police to intervene to calm the situation.
On the pitch it was Stefan Savic who started the conflict when he took Phil Foden from his shirt, who was wallowing on the ground after a kick from Felipe, expelled for that hard inning. The defender's reaction generated a tumult in which several substitute players from the British team such as Jack Grealish joined.
According to European media reports, after the match was over, Savic and Grealish continued their questioning as they entered the tunnel and were followed behind them by Sime Vrsaljko and Kyle Walker, who were about to beat each other. Even the video on the security cameras clearly shows the Croatian footballer kicking the English player who ends up hitting Aymeric Laporte.
Such chaos, in which several Atletico Madrid security men also participated, forced a handful of police officers to intervene to end the violence. An image that has traveled the world and outraged Europe, so it could provoke sanctions for the players involved.
*The players of both teams starred in an episode of violence at the end of the match
Diego Simeone was asked about it at the press conference: “I didn't see it. I stayed with the footballers applauding the people, receiving public support, greeting the boys on the pitch and when I climbed the stairs there was no one.”
Because of his demeanor, Manchester City defender Laporte also spoke about what happened in the last minutes of the game: “I don't know if we or they lost time in the end, because they got into absurd fights, but I'm not going to go into more detail. We haven't generated everything. This is football. We already know what they are like and when they did it they didn't complain about the other teams.” In this regard, he added: “It is true that it is always ugly to encounter this type of play, where you end up in tangana. It's shallow. A lot of trouble is generated by a very little thing. It's hurt them more than we did. In the end, if they get into the rag, that's what there is.”
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