A Player in the Turkish third division shocked many after taking his rivalry into another level.
The player attacked his opponent with a sharp object when Amed SK and Sakaryaspor met last weekend.
According to reports, Mansur Çalar walked behind Ferhat Yazgan and attacked him with a razor blade before the match. The Amed Sk midfielder repeated the act as he reached for the throat of the 26-year-old Sakaryaspor’s player
Yazgan shared the photo of his injuries on his Instagram handle for fans to see the damage Calar did to him. “These football players who put [sic] the field, TFF, I hope you’ll see them,” Yazgan captioned the photo. Football supporters reacted to the incident after the screen shot surfaced on social media. “What a psycho,” one user wrote on Reddit. Another said: “That nutter should get a lifetime ban.” A third wrote: “Why hasn’t this been more highlighted?” A fourth added: “I don’t think it’s a razor blade, maybe some sort of screw or nail, a razor blade would have left far cleaner cuts. Either way, that f****r deserves a lifetime ban […].”
According to Turkish news media outlet Kurdistan 24, the local rivalry also saw Amed SK’s footballers and coach attacked by a ‘mob of rival team’s supporters,’ during the match and in the dressing room. Amed SK released videos of the fracas on social media, while Kurdistan 24 claim that there the incident in the locker room did not record injuries. Nurullah Edemen, Amed SK chairman, said that the problems caused by Sakaryaspor and their fans, was an “ugly, disgusting and immoral nationalistic [attitude].”