MADRID, 16 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Sevilla’s coach, Julen Lopetegui, congratulated Betis for advancing to the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, exonerated the rival club for what happened at the Benito Villamarín on Saturday in the suspension of the game, but became serious to describe it as “regrettable “That the focus be on everything that is not Joan Jordán’s health.
“The first thing to congratulate Betis. Second, to be very clear that the madness and vandalism that happened yesterday does not represent the Betis fans, that risk can be taken by any team, but third, and there I do raise the tone a little bit. .. In this country we have very thin skin for many things, it seems good to me, issues of homophobia, gender violence, violence, and here to focus on what is not relevant, what is not relevant, it seems to me a unfortunate act,” he said at a press conference.
The Seville derby resumed this Sunday behind closed doors at the Villamarín and the locals took the pass with a 2-1. Lopetegui was accused by Betis players of inciting Jordán to simulate greater injury than he had after receiving the impact of a bar thrown from the stands. “What we have to focus on here is how Joan Jordán is at home and has not been able to play, who arrived at the hospital with 16-13 tension, who has a head injury, who was dizzy,” he added.
“I find it unfortunate that colleagues at a given moment are capable of making these types of comments, and all of us, then we all tear our clothes off when something happens, ‘it’s not that she was wearing a miniskirt when she was raped,’ either I condemn or I don’t condemn, or white or black, the ‘is that’ touches my balls, with forgiveness of the expression”, he insisted in a loud and angry tone.
The Sevilla coach also showed his indignation and that of his club because the game ended this Sunday, without being able to count on Jordán. “To finish off the job, how can you play today when the victim is harmed because he cannot play, when there were many days to play. Justice in this case does not exist at all. If you do not show up, you are eliminated and they eliminate you from the following cups”, he pointed out, before referring to the lack of football in the game.
“It was a very even game, we played a good game, we had a lot of casualties. A game without chances but they took advantage of the ones they had”, he finished, without wanting to reveal his heated discussion with the rival coach, Manuel Pellegrini, when end of the match.