Sylvester Stallone had previously said he believed "football was for sissies" while Michael Caine's athletic abilities at 47 were summed up by co-star football legend Ossie Ardiles as, "Awful, and he couldn't even run twenty yards. "The two actors also clashed behind the scenes, with an unexpected victor.
The Alfie tough guy dealt a swift KO to the Rocky champ during a shoot that left Stallone with broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder.
READ MORE:'Bully' Sylvester Stallone reduced Dolph Lundgren to tears on film setThe film hit headlines because it included an extraordinary array of famous footie players from Pele and Bobby Moore, plus Osvaldo Ardilles and numerous teammates from Ipswich Town, which was one of the biggest teams in Europe at the time.
During an interview to promote Victory, Stallone said: "I thought Rocky was tough, but I've never trained so hard. I thought soccer was a sissy sport until they kicked the ball into my stomach and I crossed the border into Austria with haematomas on both hips. "In the first few days filming the football scenes for the film, the actor suffered a broken rib and dislocated shoulder.
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