SMOKE engulfed Turk Telekom Stadium as 42,000 fans turned up with flares at Galatasaray’s last training session before the derby match against Besiktas.
Football rivalry between the two Istanbul sides is one of the fiercest in Europe.
Galatasaray and Besiktas are two of the most successful clubs in the Super Lig, with the former having won country’s most 54 official titles and also bearing a better head-to-head record than the latter.
Galatasary are also the only Turkish club to win a European cup, triumphing in the 2000 Uefa Cup Final.
Both neighbouring sides, located on the European side of Istanbul, are supported by fierce fan bases that are often involved in violent acts where the two clubs meet.
Galatasaray, Turkey’s reigning champion, are currently third in the Super Lig table trailing league leaders Istanbul Basaksehir by six points.
Besiktas, who won the Turkish league in the 2016/17 season, are even further away sitting sixth, nine points away from the top.
Stakes were high as the Sunday match was looming – and Galatasaray fans were well aware of the importance of the clash.
The sky turned bloody-red in Istanbul on Saturday as thousands of fans flocked down to Turk Telekom Stadium where Galatasaray was training for the last time ahead of the big game.
They fired off flares and were passionately singing chants as the team was preparing for the Sunday derby.
As many as 42,000 supporters turned up, breaking the Guinness World Record attendance at a training session.
Many of them wearing masks, waving yellow-and-red scarfs and holding flares – with the atmosphere as hot as if the game was underway.
“They call it The Hell. We call it heaven. Heaven of the yellow and red,” read one of the club’s post on Twitter.
But Galatasaray players were only jogging around the pitch bracing themselves for the next day challenge – and disappearing in the smoke produced by the flares.
The players clapped their fans showing the great unity in the Galatasaray community – cemented after unfair treatment in the 1-1 draw against Konyaspor.
The referee wrongly awarded a penalty against the Istanbul side and sent off Serdar Aziz, resulting in the reigning champions losing points.
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