Some Deportivo La Coruna fans are shown holding Turkish flags during the movie. This is not because they are playing against a Turkish team and they want to look friendly, Deportivo fans are called "Los Turcos" by their fiercest rivals, Celta de Vigo fans. Celta fans initiated this nickname to humiliate the Deportivo fans thinking that the "Turks" are lower people, but instead the Deportivo fans liked this name even decided to call themselves "Los Turcos", most probably because the Turks have a notorious history over Europe. Because of this, Deportivo La Coruna is a very popular team among Turkish people.
During the filming of the movie, Alpaslan Dikmen (one of the leaders of ultrAslan, Galatasaray's only supporter group) put in a huge effort trying to cast voluntary Galatasaray fans for them to act as extras in the movie. He posted news on the Internet, talked to people during football games, phoned many key people in the Galatasaray stands and asked for their cooperation. Sadly, he died in a traffic crash on the 27th of September, 2008.
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