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The Mexican Andrés Guardado, Betis midfielder, has assured, after being seen joking with a bottle that he gave in the head and fell to the ground, after the duel of the Copa del Rey against Sevilla, which did not make fun of Joan Jordán, hit on the head on Saturday by a PVC bar thrown from the stands, which led to the suspension of the match at the minute 39.
“ I want to clarify that at no time am I making fun of Jordan“, expressed the Aztec soccer player after the controversy generated by some images in which he is seen with several teammates when he left the lawn of Benito Villamarín and in which, jokingly, he threw a bottle of water at his head and pretended to faint.
I want to clarify that at no time am I making fun of Jordan. An event has been experienced that should not be experienced on a soccer field and that is unfortunate and a shame pic.twitter.com/KxVmJWpUeu
— Andres Guardado (@AGuardado07) January 16, 2022
The Betis players enthusiastically celebrated their qualification for the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. A goal from Sergio Canales after the game resumed sealed the final 2-1.
The gesture of the Mexican caused deep discomfort in the fans of the Sevilla team , whose sports director, Ramón Rodríguez, ‘Monchi’ , called for “sanity” and “tranquility” after everything that has happened since last night.
“ An event has been experienced that should not be experienced on a football field and that is unfortunate and a shame“, Saved also assured in his message published on the social network twitter.
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