Hearts' friendly with Almeria abandoned after 'altercations', says Scottish club

There was fighting in the first half of the match and it was stopped.

A pair of players were sent off when the Scottish team was behind by a goal.

The match has been abandoned.

All hell broke loose after the challenge.

The game was very competitive. There was a tackle on the far side that I thought was a standard tackle and then all hell broke loose.

The ref lost control of the situation after the centre-half hit Alex with a forearm. There was a lot of people on the pitch.

We felt it was a pre-season game and we have already had a number of injuries. There was no need to keep going because tensions were so high.

The referee suspended the match, but did not make a statement.

The team is currently on a break and will be back in action on December 17th.

During their time in Spain, the side lost to the team by a score of four to nil.

The competitive edge is always going to be there. I think there's a line that you can't really cross. The referee failed to control it.

We'll have a training session this afternoon for a few of them, then we'll train the next couple of days.