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Podolski And Iniesta End Up Getting In A Massive Brawl After Late Equaliser

Podolski And Iniesta End Up Getting In A Massive Brawl After Late Equaliser

Andrés Iniesta and Lukas Podolski were involved in a massive scrap after Shimizu S-Pulse scored a late equaliser against Vissel Kobe.

Adnan Riaz

Adnan Riaz

Andrés Iniesta and Lukas Podolski ended up getting in a brawl during a J-League match.

Shimizu S-Pulse 'keeper Yuji Rokutan managed to score an equaliser in the 104th minutes against Vissel Kobe.

The entire match descended into chaos after it when the former Barcelona star and the former Arsenal player were involved in the brawl, with the aftermath of the scrap seeing Wellington Luís de Sousa being sent off for his part in the incident.

According to the Daily Mirror, Iniesta tried his best to stop the fight and Podolski also attempted to do the same by pushing players away, but the former German international was then forced away from the situation.

The match ended 3-3, with Vissel Kobe losing a two-goal lead against their opponents.





Iniesta left Barcelona in the summer and made his debut for the Japanese side in July.

The 34-year-old Spaniard recently revealed how he suffered from depression early in his football career.

"During that time, I could not wait for the evening so I could take a pill and relax," he La Sexta (via Football Espana).

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"You cannot be yourself when you have depression, you suffer, you find it difficult to take control of aspects of your life.

"It is hard to be motivated because you do not feel like you have something to think about and move towards, you do not think positively."

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Featured Image Credit: J-League

Topics: Football News, Football, Vissel Kobe, Andres Iniesta

Adnan Riaz is a journalist for SPORTbible. He studied for a B.A. in History at the University of York and followed it up with an M.A. in Multimedia Journalism at MMU. Before he started writing about sports, he spent over four years in the gaming press. He has worked for several publications, including Hardcore Gamer, LADbible and the Manchester Evening News. Follow him on Twitter to find out what he is working on next. Got a story tip for Adnan? Email him: [email protected]

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