Yangel Herrera missed a clear chance against Real Madrid and was denigrated as “Venezuelan” on the program 'El Chiringuito'
Venezuelan midfielder Yangel Herrera (yellow) disputing a ball against Vinicius Jr. in the match against Real Madrid.
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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.
For his part, Naranjo did dedicate an extensive message spread over several tweets. “When you don’t have arguments, you say any stupid thing. I remember you, Jorge, who have shone there: Arango, Rondón, Rosales, Alexander, Juanpi, Peñaranda… They are pitiful”.
“The fact that you have had very meager results as DT, does not lead to discredit a coach because he is Argentine. Tonight El Chiringuito has demonstrated once again the dubious quality of journalism and analysis that is done there . They are sad,” he added.
Finally, the analyst closed his reply and rejected D’Alessandro’s comments with some statistics of the Venezuelan midfielder compared to the trajectory of the former albiceleste player .
“Also, I’ll give you information for the next time you argue about Yangel Herrera. Jorge D’Alessandro in Spain: 100 matches throughout his career. Yangel Herrera in Spain at 17 years old: 109 matches and counting” , he concluded.
🗣️When there are no arguments, any stupid thing is said
➡El @pibedale about Yangel Herrera @YangelHerrera8 by hitting her on the stick: ” this because he is Venezuelan”
🗣 I remind you Jorge that they have shone there: Arango, Rondón, Rosales, Alexander, Juanpi, Peñaranda…
They are a pity ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/BbowoJKdgS— Armando Naranjo 🍊 Naranjazos (@Naranjazos10) October 31, 2022
Yangel Herrera was runner-up with Venezuela in the World Cup sub-14. Manchester City file, he has already played for several teams in Europe on loan.
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