The 2022 Cup derby, the famous one with the stick thrown at Joan Jordankeep kicking Seville. Monchi He has responded harshly to the former Betic Andres Guardado in response to recent statements by the Mexican saying that “someone did not want to play that game” and that he put on a theater to cause the suspension and harm Betis.
The former Sevilla sports director has been harsh in his response in an interview with Josep Pedrerol in ‘El Chiringuito’, who has offered another advance on social networks. “The insinuation is something subjective. We cannot remove the objective, whether someone called or did not call… What happened is that someone from the stands threw a stick, something that is not very pretty, and that hits a player on the head. That is, there is a violent act and physical damage. Starting to evaluate whether the damage is greater or less seems very banal to me,” said the man from Cádiz.
“Let’s not trivialize things because it is trying to completely divert things. Do you know who suspended the match? The referee. From Burgos Bengoetxea. He decided to suspend the match because the circumstances were not met for it to continue. That is, neither I, nor Del Nido, nor Pepe Castro, nor Lopetegui, nor Joan Jordán nor anyone else had the power to suspend the match. What I did was go down to the locker room and see a locker room totally tense, nervous, some Betis players ignoring what had happened and a player completely out of his mind. That’s the scenario. What people may say in particular matters to me zero because I was there experiencing it firsthand,” adds Monchi.
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“The important thing is what happened. Lopetegui treats a player who has been hit in the head with a stick. I was in the stands and I don’t know what he says. I know what happened: that a player was hit in the head with a stick. What he would have to do is be quiet and possibly analyze what he did later with a teammate. What occurs is an attack by a guy who throws a stick and hits a player in the head. That happened. I ask you, did that happen or did I make it up? Then the Betis players began to throw themselves on the ground with a bottle and such. It was not an example, it was not an example. That said, I respect Guardado because he seems to me to be a magnificent professional,” he concluded.
