MADRID, 7 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish-Brazilian defender of Valencia, Gabriel Paulista, apologized this Monday for the “hot moment” he suffered last Saturday during the Orange Trophy dispute against Aston Villa and that led him to confront a fan of Valencia during the game. the stands at Mestalla who said “a lack of respect”.
“It was a hot moment in a game that, despite being friendly, we didn’t want to lose. I heard something from a fan that I didn’t like, it was disrespectful towards me and I reacted, but I shouldn’t have done it,” he explained. Gabriel Paulista in the club’s official media.
The central defender recalled that it was “an important game” and that they were playing “at home”. “I stopped defending a play to talk to a fan. It was that, something that disrespected me and other teammates as well,” he reiterated.
“I wanted to apologize to all the fans of this club, I am here to defend Valencia CF until the ‘death’. I said it from the first day and I want to fulfill it. I am going to defend this club and my teammates, only this. I want to apologize everyone,” he said.