05/11/2026
🤬It's a F**KING DISGRACE‼️ | 😱HORROR TACKLE |
In the 80th minute of the Champions League game between Manchester United & Feyenoord, Paul Bosvelt caught Denis Irwin with a high, studs-up challenge on the side of the knee as Irwin passed the ball.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was furious on the touchline as he confronted the fourth official and exchanged heated words with Feyenoord boss Geert Meijer.
The foul ruptured Irwin's medial ligaments, forcing him off on a stretcher and ruling him out for 6 to 8 weeks (as well as missing crucial World Cup qualifiers for the Republic of Ireland).
Bosvelt subsequently issued both a private and a public apology, which Irwin publicly accepted.
He wasn't booked or retrospectively banned for the challenge‼️