 The game was marred by a 17 player brawl in which West Ham player Igor Stimac was booked for a bad tackle and the West Ham captain for the day, Paolo Di Canio, slapped several Spanish players in the face.West Ham manager Harry Redknapp was ordered to remove Di Canio for the pitch to defuse the tension.Bilbao coach, Txetxu Rojo, was ordered to remove player Joseba Etxeberria for a similar reason.