<p>Prior to their Champions League encounter, over a hundred Bayern Munich and Galatasaray fans fought early on Tuesday in one of Istanbul’s biggest bar areas.</p>
<p>Turkish media said that one Turkish supporter and four German fans were both mildly hurt, but that no charges had been brought.<img decoding=”async” class=”alignnone wp-image-250466″ src=”https://www.theindiaprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/theindiaprint.com-icc-world-cup-2023-angelo-mathews-will-take-matheesha-pathiranas-spot-in-the-sri-l-750×463.jpg” alt=”theindiaprint.com icc world cup 2023 angelo mathews will take matheesha pathiranas spot in the sri l” width=”1562″ height=”964″ srcset=”https://www.theindiaprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/theindiaprint.com-icc-world-cup-2023-angelo-mathews-will-take-matheesha-pathiranas-spot-in-the-sri-l-750×463.jpg 750w, https://www.theindiaprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/theindiaprint.com-icc-world-cup-2023-angelo-mathews-will-take-matheesha-pathiranas-spot-in-the-sri-l-1024×631.jpg 1024w, https://www.theindiaprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/theindiaprint.com-icc-world-cup-2023-angelo-mathews-will-take-matheesha-pathiranas-spot-in-the-sri-l-768×474.jpg 768w, https://www.theindiaprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/theindiaprint.com-icc-world-cup-2023-angelo-mathews-will-take-matheesha-pathiranas-spot-in-the-sri-l-150×93.jpg 150w, https://www.theindiaprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/theindiaprint.com-icc-world-cup-2023-angelo-mathews-will-take-matheesha-pathiranas-spot-in-the-sri-l.jpg 1200w” sizes=”(max-width: 1562px) 100vw, 1562px” title=”Before their match in the UEFA Champions League, fans of Bayern Munich and Galatasaray got into a street brawl 6″></p>
<p>Fans were seen on tape throwing chairs and other small missiles down the main boulevard of Istanbul’s well-known Beyoglu neighborhood.</p>
<p>There are several pubs in the tourist-friendly neighborhood that Galatasaray supporters visit. When supporters started attacking one of the retail outlets on the Istanbul side, police intervened.</p>
<p>According to the IHA news agency, the fight included 30 Turkish and 70 German supporters.</p>
<p>An inquiry for comments was not immediately answered by the German embassy in Istanbul.</p>
<p>Bayern is now in first place in Group A and has gone 36 games in the Champions League without a loss.</p>
<p>Second-placed Galatasaray is fresh off a spectacular shock victory against Manchester United in their most recent group-stage encounter.</p>