I have just seen a report on tv what initially led to the little punch up in front of the cabins between Turkey and Switzerland. The oh-so-holy Mehmet Ozdilek intitally kicked Streller in the legs when the latter was trying to escape to the tunnel. THEN and only then Huggel did the same to the assistent coach. Alpay, meanwhile went for another kick in the tunnel and Huggel charged him also. The assistent coach then charged Huggel and the whole thing escalated.

Funny, apparently those 2 or 3 seconds were never shown on Turkish tv; only the assult on the assistant coach. Furthermore, camaramen who were trying to film the whole incident in order to use it as evidence were hindered in doing so by being shoved around. The shoving is also recorded...and I am not talking Swiss cameramen. It happened as the ARD (German channel) interviewed one of the Swiss players.

The Turkish goalkeeper also led first a verbal assult towards our coach followed by running into our doctor and charging into the tunnel to join the party. It's all recorded.

One Swiss player had to be hospitalised over night and is now wearing a catheder due to a kick in the stomach.

I will expect harsh punishment for the Turkish Football Association as well as bans on some of their players. Also, from what I have seen, Huggel will also need to be banned for the charge on the Assistant Coach.

Although it might be exciting to some to see a good old punch up, this does NOT belong to football or any other sport. It is a disgrace to fairplay and should be dealt with harshly for all parties involved.

The fact that Sepp Blatter is Swiss has very little to do with his reaction. It's about time that FIFA is reacting to such blatant ignorance of fairlplay. I am sick and tired of hearing and seeing fans beating each other up and destroying whole city blocks.

Louis IV the Fat

I have not heard anything of this. Neither from any of the delegation nor in any newsreport. I reckon if it did happen, we would have heard of it by now. Chance are, this is just another prank to heat the situation up further.

Quid