Previous Arsenal and Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was revealed a straight crimson card for booting an opposition player in Besiktas’ Europa Conference League acquire around Lugano.
The Besiktas star secured a absolutely free transfer to the Turkish side in the summer following the expiration of his deal at Liverpool, but showed no signs of shedding his competitive strike on Thursday.
Oxlade-Chamberlain harnessed his inner David Beckham in a instant of madness that observed him kick out at Lugano’s Renato Steffen in the closing minutes of the European come across.
Steffen and the Englishman tussled for the ball and then ongoing to grapple with 1 one more off the ball right before Oxlade-Chamberlain fell to the ground.
The 30-yr-aged then lashed out, firstly kicking Steffen’s interior thigh and then bringing his other boot down on top rated of the player’s left-leg.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was despatched off for kicking out at Lugano’s Renato Steffen on Thursday
David Beckham was sent off for a comparable problem against Argentina at the 1998 World Cup
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He then proceeded to wrap the two arms around Steffen’s legs and rugby deal with him to the ground, with each then grappling with 1 another.
Quick comparisons have been built with Beckham’s infamous purple card when he was despatched off against Argentina for a equivalent problem on Diego Simeone in the 1998 Environment Cup.
Beckham kicked out while facedown in the turf and caught Simeone who theatrically collapsed to the floor. The former Gentleman United and England winger was despatched off as a consequence.
A mass brawl ensued on the pitch as both of those sets of gamers reacted to the incident
He was subsequently designed the poster-boy for England’s exit from the Globe Cup and Beckham later on explained it as ‘the most tricky time in his career’.
Oxlade-Chamberlain’s sending off resulted in a huge melee breaking out on the pitch at the Letzigrund stadium, with gamers and coaching employees included.
He experienced to be held back by his staff-mates from further more interactions with Steffen as other folks tried to crack-up the ensuing brawl.
Referee David Fuxman confirmed the two Oxlade-Chamberlain and Steffen instant pink cards as a consequence, with each clearly not happy as they exited the European come upon.
