Yangel Herrera missed a clear chance against Real Madrid and was denigrated as “Venezuelan” on the program 'El Chiringuito'
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Real Madrid and Girona met last Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu for the day 12 of the League in Spain. The Catalans ended up drawing a beneficial one-one draw against the whites. The first half was running when Venezuelan midfielder Yangel Herrera missed an action inside the area defended by Thibaut Courtois and crashed the ball against the crossbar.
Through the live broadcast of the renowned program ‘ El Chiringuito’, the former Argentine coach and now a panelist, Jorge D’Alessandro made a disparaging comment against Herrera. “The teacher”, as he is known, indicated that the player missed the opportunity for the simple fact of being Venezuelan.
“He misses it because he is Venezuelan”, was D’Alessandro’s comment in a few words, who later began to explain how this should be done. type of hits within the area.
The number 21 entered through the middle and hit a low ball first that was centered from the left in one of Girona’s counterattacks. The ball made Courtois’ archery rumble.
It generated rejection
The commentator’s clip went viral on the social network Twitter and there were several fans who showed indignation at the opinion. Although highlighted the interventions of the Venezuelan journalist from the ESPN network, Richard Méndez and the sports analyst Armando Naranjo.
“And what does the name have to do with football, Don Jorge? It is incredible to think that there are still people who think that football comes from the place where you were born and worse than that such an unfortunate concept comes from someone who played this beautiful sport”, wrote on Twitter and also shared on his Instagram account.