Gattuso and Mourinho forced to separate their players as friendly ends with brawl

Football Italia

·12 July 2024

Gattuso and Mourinho forced to separate their players as friendly ends with brawl

Gennaro Gattuso and José Mourinho were forced to separate their players after a brawl ended a ‘friendly’ encounter between their teams, HNK Hajduk Split and Fenerbahce.

The match between Gattuso’s Hajduk Split and Mourinho’s Fenerbahce on Thursday wasn’t really a friendly as the two coaches had to enter the pitch after the final whistle to calm their players down during a brawl.

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A video that has gone viral on social media shows Gattuso pushing away a couple of his footballers who had gone face-to-face with a Fenerbahce player.

At the same time, Mourinho raised his arms, urging his players to calm down.

Another video, shot during the warmup, showed a friendly chat between Mourinho and Gattuso on the pitch.

In June, Gattuso, a former Milan and Napoli coach, was appointed by Croatian side Hajduk Split, while Mourinho recently signed a two-year contract with Fenerbahce.

Roma sacked the Special One in January 2024.