Watch Bournemouth brawl with global academy side after string of horror tackles.. and fans think Dennis Wise is to blame
BOURNEMOUTH academy’s match with a global academy team descended into chaos with a full-on brawl.
And fans incredibly blamed Dennis Wise for the horrendous scenes.
The Cherries’ youngsters hosted Indonesian academy Garuda Select, with the visitors coming out 2-0 winners.
But things got out of hand with a series of utterly disgraceful tackles.
That included some inexplicably late, high and forceful challenges in the heated clash.
And it was no surprise that some of the brutal tackles left players writhing around in pain as the two sets of players got into numerous punch-ups and scraps.
So-called ‘highlights’ of the blood bath went viral on social media as fans hit out at the players’ behaviour.
One said: “Lucky no legs were broken.”
Another joked: “Nice friendly game.”
A third added: “This isn’t a football match this is a WWE Royal Rumble.”
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And a final user commented: “That last one is horrendous… he’s properly lost his head there.”
Garuda Select is a programme that selects Under-17 Indonesian stars and brings them to train at the Loughborough academy alongside talents from around the world – with the team that faced Bournemouth featuring two Italians and two Senegalese prodigies.
They then take on various teams around England and Italy in the hope of getting them signed up by professional clubs as well as building the profile and standard of the national team 6,000 miles away in South-East Asia with the view of qualifying for the 2030 World Cup.
They have taken on the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Juventus and AC Milan and even beaten Inter, Blackburn, QPR and now Bournemouth – plus they stuffed Huddersfield 6-0.
The project is bankrolled by Mirwan Suwarso, the CEO of Indonesian subscription service Mola TV.
And ex-Chelsea and Wimbledon hardman Wise is the director of football, overseeing the operations and arranging many of the matches due to his connections in England and Italy, where he is administrator of Como 1907 alongside Cesc Fabregas.
So some fans on Twitter joked the tough-tackling Garuda Select youngsters had learnt their no-nonsense style from Wise.
One wrote: “Didn’t Dennis Wise go work in Indonesia? I think this is his influence.”
Another commented: “Dennis Wise part of the coaching team for them will probably explain it hahaha.”
And a last one quipped: “Guessing Dennis Wise is still the coach then!”