Jose Mourinho floors opposition manager with nose grab as wild brawl breaks out in crazy Istanbul derby

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Published: 21:32, 2 Apr 2025Updated: 21:36, 2 Apr 2025

Jose Mourinho grabbed his rival manager's nose in bizarre scenes as an Istanbul derby descended into chaos on Wednesday night.

The fierce Galatasaray vs Fenerbahce rivalry had another edition with the teams facing in the Turkish Cup quarter-finals, where the Portuguese bizarrely yanked his opposition number down to the ground from the nose.

Mourinho appeared to grab the Galatasaray boss' nose

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Mourinho appeared to grab the Galatasaray boss' nose

Mourinho's Fenerbahce were knocked out in a 2-1 defeat with Victor Osimhen scoring twice for Galatasaray.

This is the fiercest rivalry in Turkish football and three red cards were dished out in the 90 minutes.

All three of those dismissals happened in the second minute of stoppage-time.

The game had to be paused as a mass brawl broke out with both benches involved in the fracas.

Both sets of players were involved in the shoving match before even police officers came in to restore order.

Mourinho is never far from the controversy either as cameras caught his altercation with Galatasaray boss Okan Buruk.

The former Chelsea and Man United manager approached Buruk and tried to grab his nose.

The Galatasaray boss then collapsed to the ground in a heap.

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