Arda Turan joins Muntadhar al-Zaidi in shoe throwing hall of fame [divider]

Atletico Madrid lost a fiery encounter against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey 3-2 but the main talking point apart from the five goals was Arda Turan’s shoe throwing incident.

Turan responded to his boot coming off in a challenge by throwing it at the assistant referee. The boot narrowly missed the official’s head and resulted in the Turkish international being shown a yellow card.

The 27-year-old joins Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi in shoe throwing hall of fame. Mr Zaidi famously threw his shoe at former US president George Bush but also narrowly missed his intended target.

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Atleti ended up crashing out of the Copa del Rey 4-2 on aggregate.

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Gabi was also involved in controversy and was shown the red card for an off-field incident during the interval.

Atleti definitely had a night to forget to make matters worse Cristian Ansaldi was reported to have been arrested before the game even started according to the Guardian