An England star and a Manchester United flop were both sent off during an ugly pre-season brawl in Spain over the weekend
A Manchester United mega-flop was sent off alongside an England star during a farcical pre-season friendly brawl over the weekend.
Bournemouth and Real Betis played out a 2-2 draw at the Estadio La Cartuja in Seville. However, the game was overshadowed by the scenes just before half-time, when Betis striker Nelson Deossa smashed the ball into Bafode Diakite.
Deossa was handed a yellow card, but he was confronted by a number of Cherries star, which sparked the brawl with United flop Antony at the centre as he was seen shoving Bournemouth players – causing Alex Scott to rush over to him.
JOIN US ON FB! Get all the best sports news and much more on our Facebook page
Scott wagged his finger in his face and the furious Brazilian tried to engage with the English midfielder – who had started to walk away.
The referee was eventually able to get control of the situation – and he elected to dish out reds for both players as they were sent down the tunnel just before the half time whistle.
Speaking after the game, Cherries boss Marco Rose said: “If we are part of these kind of games, I’m not surprised about the physical intense, and yeah, good game.
“I think we did well, we played a top team from Europe, Champions League team with really good players, a good approach.
“The environment was special, we had more than 40 degrees today here. But the players, I think, did well.
“We suffered at the beginning a little bit with our possession game, we lost too many balls, but then we came with our strengths, pressing into the game.
“We scored a nice goal after we won a ball. And yeah, we conceded two unlucky goals, we can defend it surely much better.
“But at the end, we have this experience, we had a good test, a good exercise, and now we are waiting for the next game, Mainz, and then we are looking forward to start the season.”