(VIDEO) David Tijanić witnesses fan chaos of epic proportions: goalkeeper attacked and beaten with a corner flag by a fan!
On Sunday, Göztepe and Altay, the two big rivals from Izmir, the third most populated city in Turkey, are scheduled to play in the Turkish second league. The match actually started and from the first minute David Tijanić, a Slovenian from Göztepe, was on the pitch. But the reckoning did not last long. The main referee stopped the game after 20 minutes of play and the match did not resume. The reason? Fans’ excuses. Supporters of the visiting club allegedly threw firecrackers and torches into the stands with the home fans, injuring several match-goers. One worse, a pyrotechnic device hit him in the head.
Four centimetre head wound
Paramedics had to intervene, the match was abandoned, and then came something we don’t see every day. A Göztepe fan runs onto the pitch and physically tackles the goalkeeper. He hit Ozan Evrim Özença with a corner flag and the goalkeeper even lost consciousness for a few moments! According to Turkish media, the goalkeeper had to have a 4-centimetre wound on his head stitched up by doctors after the incident.
Even the Minister has spoken out
The chaos continued both in the stands, where fans of both clubs fought with each other, and in the tunnel under the stadium. Even the players and the professional staff of the two city rivals are said to have jumped into each other’s hair there. It was so tense that even the police had to intervene. Following the events in Izmir, Turkish Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu also spoke out and sent a clear message:“I condemn the incidents and I say to all those who want to drown our sport in their own ugliness: you will not succeed!”
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The football match between Göztepe(@Goztepe) and Altay(@AltaySporKulubu) was interrupted after a fan attacked Altay goalkeeper Ozan Evrim Özenç with a stick. pic.twitter.com/2lm3pBdCWz
– Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (@gchahal) November 27, 2022
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