Veteran Marseille defender Evra was sent off after launching a karate-style kick at one of his team's own supporters before the match against Vitoria Guimaraes in Portugal. Former Manchester United star Evra, 36, was engaged in a heated exchange with a group of fans from an area reserved for around 500 Marseille supporters before aiming a head-high left-footed kick at one of them. The incident immediately brought back memories of another act of kung-fu kick madness by a French footballer. In January 1995, Eric Cantona, playing for Manchester United, launched a flying kick at a Crystal Palace supporter at Selhurst Park who had jeered him after he had been sent off. The former Manchester United winger completed the scoring himself late on after another ex-United player, Morgan Schneiderlin, was sent off for a second booking.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 02, 2017 23:37 UTC