Felipe Melo does not regret the confrontation he had with Kyle Walker in the Club World Cup final

He Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City became champion of the Club World Cup after beating Fluminense in the final (4-0) on Friday in a match in which there was an attempted brawl after 90 minutes involving Brazilian Felipe Melo, who assured that he does not regret having faced Kyle Walker the way he did.

The English team showed overwhelming dominance against the Copa Libertadores champion, confirming the superiority of the European clubs over the South American ones. But that difference between the two was evident beyond the goals, in the level of the players throughout the match, which ended up driving the experienced Brazilian defender out of his senses.

During the mixed zone that took place at the King Abdullah stadium in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Felipe Melo explained what happened during the match which ended up being decided in favor of the current Champions League champions thanks to the two goals from Argentine Julián Álvarez (m.1 and m.88), Nino -goal against- (m.27) and Phil Foden (m. 72).

“I’ve seen some idiots on social media saying I started a fight… I didn’t want any confusion. Today (Friday) Grealish disrespected the Fluminense institution and I will never let this happen.”commented the Brazilian, who assured that the English winger had sung “Olé” during several moments of the match.

“No matter where I am, I will always fight for my institution. He was shouting ‘olé at the end of the match’” commented the Brazilian, who ended up attacking the Manchester City players and was intercepted by Kyle Walker, who did not hesitate to charge the player who has already been involved in violent episodes during his career.

The 40-year-old Fluminense midfielder, who also has experience in European football after having played several seasons with Juventus, Inter Milan and Galatasaray, among other clubs, emphasized that he did not start any fight and that he does not feel regret for the confrontation he carried out with the City players.

“A footballer cannot do that on the playing field. I didn’t start any fight, on the contrary, I went to defend Martinelli, who was being scolded by Grealish. I don’t regret it, I would do it again. I am a warrior”stated Felipe Melo.

Jack Grealish denied it

According to Felipe Melo’s statements, one of the people largely responsible for the controversial episode after the Club World Cup final that Manchester City won after beating Fluminense was the English winger Jack Grealish, who spoke out on his social networks denying the accusations. of the Brazilian midfielder.

“I didn’t say ‘olé’ not once.”was the message he published on his personal X account, formerly known as Twitter, mentioning some words from Felipe Melo who claimed that the Manchester City player had commented “Olé” during the match.

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