MADRID, 17 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Sevilla condemned this Monday “the humiliations and attacks on honor” midfielder Joan Jordán after the aggression received last Saturday during the derby against Betis and described as “unfortunate and unacceptable certain behaviors” of Verdiblanco players regarding the injury suffered by the sevillista.
The Copa del Rey round of 16 match had to be suspended just before half-time after a stick thrown from the stands after Nabil Fekir scored 1-1 hit Joan Jordán in the head. The player was transferred to a hospital where he was diagnosed with “cranioencephalic trauma” for which he had to be under observation for at least 24 hours and made him be absent for the resumption of the game.
However, several Betis players such as Juan Miranda, Cristian Tello or Borja Iglesias, accused both the footballer and the coach Julen Lopetegui of having exaggerated what happened in search of achieving the suspension. In addition, after the Verdiblanca victory, the Mexican Andrés Guardado seemed to joke about what happened when he hit his head with a bottle and fell to the ground, although the midfielder later clarified on social networks that at no time did he want to make fun of Joan Jordán.
“Sevilla FC strongly condemns the humiliation and attacks on the reputation that its player Joan Jordán has suffered and the lack of respect towards his coach, Julen Lopetegui, about whom unsubstantiated comments have been made based on self-interested speculation,” he stressed. the Seville team in a statement.
The entity recalled that “the reality” is that the Catalan midfielder “received the impact of an object thrown from one of the stands occupied by Real Betis Balompié fans” and stressed that “no one should ignore the objective data” that ” He was attacked, he was treated in a hospital, he had to rest at home due to medical prescription and he could not play in the resumption of the match”.
“The victim is Jordán. There is never room for mockery with a victim or interested comments to divert attention from what happened, a very serious event,” Sevilla added forcefully.
In this sense, the club chaired by José Castro described as “unfortunate and unacceptable certain behaviors of some members” of the Betis team “around the person of Joan Jordán, Julen Lopetegui and the Sevilla fans, which seriously compromise the healthy rivalry who generally live in the city of Seville”.
“Sevilla FC believes that sports institutions and those who make them up must be the first to promote the values of respect and tolerance that are intrinsic to sport. Sevilla FC will continue to work to reduce tension and work to reduce the tension in derbies lives solely and exclusively within the field of play, although he feels alone in this mission”, he sentenced.