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from his heart would have told them to have the tie and brought the lads
home. Ironically he would then have been a hero for ever.
I also realise I am a minority view on this.
I have to agree with you. I understand why the club played the fixture but I
would much rather they had flown the team home and given UEFA the problem of
what to do about it. I think there is a lesson which still has to be learned
by the Turkish fans and the Turkish clubs and I hope somebody else doesn't
get killed before that lesson is learned. There is little doubt that the
Turkish clubs regard this level of intimidation and hate as a part of their
armoury and that is unlikely to change without somebody taking a drastic
step such as refusing to play them. Perhaps UEFA need to tell the Turkish FA
that if anything of the kind ever happens again then the match will not be
played and their team will be kicked out of Europe. Perhaps they have
already done this without any publicity. I hope so, but I have my doubts.
Many years ago I went to a Turkish league game in Istanbul and the police
were walking around the pitch with loaded sub-machine guns. I don't think
the story is over yet and there will be future incidents.
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