10 Most Fearsome Rivalries In World Football

6. Partizan Belgrade - Red Star Belgrade / "The Eternal Derby"

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In one of Europe€™s most ill-tempered rivalries, The Eternal Derby sees Serbia€™s two Belgrade sides meet in an intense and often brutal spectacle.

The Delije (Red Star ultras) clash with the Grobari (Partizan ultras) in a fiercely competitive fixture which, just last month, showed the world exactly why it is regarded as such a notorious rivalry. In April, the Eternal Derby was marred by devastating levels of crowd violence which in turn saw kick off delayed by forty five minutes.

Amid the chaos, 35 police officers were injured, 41 fans were arrested (including some who threw stun grenades at police inside the stadium), and police stopped a van on its way toward the ground which was said to have been €˜loaded with rocks and bricks€™.

In a pyro-lit Red Star Stadium, Serbian authorities fought brutally with The Delije in an attempt to instil a sense of control to a fixture which in the past has had to be manned by the Serbian military, such is the violent nature of the contest.

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