The chant broke out as Fenerbahce took on Dynamo Kiev
Devotees of Turkish football club Fenerbahce were heard chanting the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Champions League qualifying match against Dynamo Kiev in Istanbul on Wednesday night.
The Russian leader's name was heard resonating around the Ulker Stadium after Dynamo had started to lead the pack through Vitaly Buyalsky in the 57th moment of the match.
The Ukrainian midfielder celebrated richly and was depicted as a making a "provocative signal" towards the home allies.
Enormous areas of the 45,000-in number group answered by chanting 'Vladimir Putin' as one, in film which before long spread on the web.
Buyalsky's objective showed up after the home group had proactively been stirred into a furor when Fenerbahce midfielder Ismail Yuksek was shipped off briefly yellow card only four minutes sooner.
In spite of the limited shortfall, Fenerbahce hauled themselves back into conflict and got an opportunity to even out from the punishment spot in the 70th moment, yet Enner Valencia rejected his chance.
Surprisingly, the hosts found the adjuster with only two minutes left of typical time through Hungarian safeguard Attila Szalai, sending the match to additional time.
Dynamo's one-man advantage at long last told as they went in front again through Alexander Karavayev in the 114th moment, clutching win 2-1.
That gave Dynamo the tie on total by the equivalent scoreline after the primary leg had finished 0-0 last week - a game which was played in Poland as a result of the conflict in Ukraine.
The two teams had fixed up before that coordinate with 'Stop War' T-shirts in Ukrainian tones.
After Wednesday's triumph, Dynamo will advance to meet Sturm Graz in the Champions League third qualifying round, while Fenerbahce drop into the Europa League play-off round.
There was stewing discontent between the two teams after the last whistle as Dynamo's Romanian chief Mircea Lucescu - a previous mentor of the Turkish national team who has likewise worked in Russia - didn't show up for his post-match question and answer session.
As indicated by Turkish outlet Fanatik, Lucescu told broadcasters he was disheartened to hear the Putin chants from the Fenerbahce unwavering.
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