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Yep, completely justified punishment. In situations like that there really isn't much choice but to call it off. Would have been ludicrous had they been ordered to play the time remaining in the game or whatever they had in mind. The superclasico is right up there for sure. Panathinaikos vs Olympiacos is a massive one as well. In comparison games such as El Clasico are completely sterile really. Only similar incident I can think of is when Albania played Serbia recently and some Albanian fans flew some sort of provocative flag over the stadium regarding the Balkan territories (idk the details) and, needless to say, ugly scenes ensued.

The superclasico is so mental, definitely up there with the best/most passionate derbies around. Just a shame that some individuals take these things too far, fortunately that's very rarely the case given the relative sterility of the modern game in much of Europe. I'm all for creating a great atmosphere, but when players and fans alike are put in danger, you know something's going seriously wrong. That sort of thing is still rife in a lot of South America and Eastern Europe unfortunately. Think I read that the game was awarded to River Plate, quite rightly of course.

Cheers pals.

I suppose this is the part where I could write out an introductory statement with the intention of endearing myself to the members of this forum new and old alike. As good as I like to think my literary skills are, I think I'll give it that a miss. Hi. Hope you're all well.

Ehhh, the game was won, he could afford to try to lay on goals for others. At least he didn't pull some Penaldo style antics and start whining when his team-mates scored.

That flick from Suarez was absolute filth imo