Video;Turkish footballer kicks opponent in the head after red card

During Dallicaspor's match against Sanayispor on Sunday, the latter's Mehmet Degirmenci received a red card for lashing out at Kayhan Karakas, reports Adam Smith of the MailOnline.

If that wasn't bad enough, his reaction to the dismissal was shocking, kicking Karakas in the head while he lay on the ground.

The victim received nine stitches and said he was lucky not to have been more seriously injured.

"I continued playing for a while as I was playing in a team that we have established with great efforts," Karakas said, per the article. "I did not want to leave my friends alone.


"Thank God that kick came near my jaw. If it had hit me directly in the face, it could have broken my nose, made me blind or broken my neck."

As for Degirmenci, he has been cut from the squad and Sanayispor have issued an apology to Karakas for his actions.