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VINE: Atletico's Turan throws boot at linesman

Last night saw an exciting second-leg match in the Copa del Rey between Barcelona and Atletico Ma...



VINE: Atletico's Turan thr...
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VINE: Atletico's Turan throws boot at linesman

Last night saw an exciting second-leg match in the Copa del Rey between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, which ended with the Catalans going through 4-2 on aggregate.

It was a tense quarter-final, with 11 yellow cards in total, and Atletico down to nine men by the end, though it should have been eight.

Bizarrely, Arda Turan received only a yellow after throwing one of his boots at a nearby linesman.

The Turk overshot the throw by several metres, so perhaps the referee took pity on the dismal effort.

 

Naturally, Twitter has already provided a few parodies of the incident:

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