Just another Turkish soccer riot

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As is typical after Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray games, the losing teams fans destroy what ever stadium/neighborhood/cars they can find.  After the two Turkish powerhouses played to a 0-0 draw in the last game of the season Galatasaray came out on top of the table with the League Championship.  Fenerbahce fans then promptly commenced to destroying the stadium. The only problem with this? It was their own stadium.

AP reports:

" Fenerbahce fans broke plastic chairs, throwing them and flares at police. Police used their shields to protect the players at Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium. Police used pepper spray to disperse the fans and evacuated the stadium as players fled to locker rooms.
Elsewhere in the country, a 29-year-old man wearing a Galatasaray jersey was stabbed in the abdomen in an attack by Fenerbahce fans, the state-run Anadolu Agency said. The man was reported in stable condition. Fans also turned over two police vehicles and set them on fire in Istanbul's Kadikoy district, the news agency added. Police and citizens quickly put out the fire, it added. The fans also turned over garbage bins and shattered shop windows, leaving streets littered with fist-sized stones, state television showed."

There are some great/hated rivalry's in soccer: Rangers/Celtic, AC/Inter, Ajax/PSV, but I don't know of any that are this contentious year after year.  I just don't understand the logic of destroying your own clubs stadium.  But then again I live in America where most people could tell you who Landon Donovan was but not the team he plays for.

Jay N