Heated scenes at Sunderland as Mallorca player gets sent off for sliding in on Luke O’Nien

There were heated scenes at Sunderland as a Mallorca player gets sent off for sliding in on Luke O’Nien on the 85th minute of the friendly.

The two sides played out an entertaining draw, finishing 1-1, with the Black Cats playing their last home pre-season fixture before facing Hartlepool in midweek and then host Ipswich in the first Championship game of the 2023/24 campaign next Saturday.

It took just four minutes for Hemir to continue his impressive form with an early goal at the back post to put Tony Mowbray’s side ahead.

But the visitors hit back in the second half, improving their performance with Verdat Muqiri’s header getting an equaliser on 47 minutes.

As the game opened up, it took a sour turn late on when Luke O’Nien was caught by Mallorca’s Maffeo, with players from both teams pushing and shoving.

Video footage of it has since emerged on social media, take a look for yourself below…

horrendous tackle like pic.twitter.com/dndW65WOnd

— lodgey (@billylodge73) July 29, 2023

Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard (Triantis 62), O’Nien, Cirkin (Huggins 72), Neil, Ekwah, Roberts (Bennette 72), Jobe (Rigg 62), Clarke (Lihadji 72), Hemir (Ba 62). Subs not used: Young, Batth, Gooch, Taylor, Pritchard, Johnson, Dack

RCD Mallorca XI: Greif (Rajkovic 46), Maffeo, G Gonzalez, Copete (Raillo 62), Valjent (Van Der Heyden 62), J Costa (Lato 46), Mascarell (Baba 62), M Morlanes, D Rodriguez, J Llabres (Amath 46), Muriqi (Abdon 81). Subs not used: Sanchez, Pere Joan, Quintanilla, Gaya, Luna

Tony Mowbray said, as per alovesupreme: “I thought it was a good challenge for us. I think they’re a good team, they finished ninth in La Liga last year and brought a big squad of players with them.

“First half particularly we were full of energy and intensity and generally got the better of the game. But you could feel their quality that they could threaten our goal.

“They scored early in the second half which gave them great confidence. We seemed to run out of steam a little bit but fought our way back.

“I think re-energising the team with some substitutes helped us and we looked a real threat in the last 10 or 15 minutes, breaking away and looking like we could have scored again.

“I think one all is about right, I think we played against a good team. It’s good to play against a team that ‘should’ be better than us with their league status and where they finished.

“We’ve played a lot of teams from the start of pre-season that I would have hoped we’re better than, and scored plenty of goals and won football matches.

“And today it was a good test and a good challenge, one I felt we stood up to and did alright.”

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Here’s what fans are saying on those heated scenes at Sunderland as a Mallorca player gets sent off for sliding in on Luke O’Nien…

@AbsDoug: Tell you what mind, I doubt they’ll be invited back to the SOL. Disgraceful tackle that in a friendly, tbh they had really poor attitude all game. 😒 #SAFC

@stid123863: Hemir running from the bench to defend onein and then needing 3 men to hold him back. My striker. 🔥

@_Andyapple5_: Would not be preseason without a bit of @LukeONien drama 😂

@notch_32: Nee need at all for that tackle.

@ellis__safc: Hemir needing 3 people to hold him back and doesn’t even break a sweat hahahha

@Daviddbrownn22: Semedo and triantis diving right amongst it does them the best of favours. The fucking boys

@irobarmstrong: Hemir requiring 3 people to drag him away is class. #SAFC

@WadeSAFC: My respect for Semedo 📈

@BrownSlices: Love Semedo like, he’s gonna be a star

@mizugorouZZ: O’Nien was about to kill him after that tackle 🤣 #SAFC

@StevePSAFC: Decent run out for the lads in 🔴⚪ this afternoon. #Safc canny bit of handbags at the end after a shocking tackle on O’Nien

@swainyFTM: Semedo getting stuck in good lad

@IveryClaire: Meant to be a friendly man dirty bastards 🤬😡 #safc

@AdamSAFC29: The lads all fighting for O’Nien 😮‍💨😮‍💨

@joey__burton__: Aside from the pretty terrible challenge, that’s a very unorthodox way of getting someone to move away from their coach on Bennette there 🤣

@LarryKingSAFC: Wouldn’t be a Sunlun preseason without a mass brawl involving Luke 💪

@jimmmyreay: The fuck is he doing?

@shanehagan24: Hemir, the absolute unit, taking no prisoners 😂

@EddyGray19: Semedo straight in, takes 3 of them to pull him away. I love you Hemir

@stephsherry92: Hahaha Hemir Triantis and bennette getting stuck in 😂

@WhatTheFalkPod: That tackle on O’Nien is fucking disgusting. You dirty bastards. #SAFC

@AshmanJase: get into the bastard 😂😂😂😂😂

@Leigh_Brettwood: All for that Hemir running on & getting amongst the scrap. What a boy you will do for me big lad 👏🏻👌🏻 #SAFC

@harry__stevo: What a crease man. Nailing someone like that with a few minutes to go in a friendly

@CP1872: Absolute shitebags tackle btw 😂

@Micky_A_Lawson: Cult hero already Hemir, straight off the bench to get stuck in and help the lads out. Fucking love that like ❤️ #SAFC

@RamseySAFC: Bunch of dirty bastards these. Didn’t even go for the ball, could see before he made the tackle he wanted to wipe him out. #SAFC

@ConMcCoyy: Took four people to pull Hemir away from that scrap there 🤣 absolute fucking unit #SAFC

@TalonPlaysYT: Dirty bastards, it’s a friendly match for crying out loud. No need for challenges like that. #SAFC

@SHalliday3773: Jesus, what sort of challenge was that? Lad lots his marbles. #SAFC

O’Nien waiting for that Mallorca player in the car park pic.twitter.com/y67TxwVBGN

— Sunderland Memes (@MemesSunderland) July 29, 2023