Do Arsenal really hate Tottenham? Do Bristol Rovers really hate Bristol City? Do Fword hate Derby?
Rivalry is a fundamental part of the game, the more intense the better - then it means more. Seems we have to explain this on MAD at least once a year.

Obviously Galatasaray–Fenerbahçe goat sacrificing is pushing it a bit far, though that is no more sickening a spectacle than the pious using football rivalry to preach their virtue, the sort that probably get upset when fans chant "Let him die, let him die, let him die" at an injured player" because they take it literally.