The International coach, the Argentine Ramón Díaz, He apologized this Sunday for the sexist statement he made the day before at the press conference he gave after the tie that the Porto Alegre club lost 2-2 against Bahía for the Brazilian Championship and which generated intense controversy.
“In my interview I used an unhappy comparison when referring to a specific play in the game. “I admit that I was wrong in my reasoning and I apologize for that.”said in a statement the coach, idol of River Plate, a club with which he won five titles as a player and nine as a coach.
It is the second time that Díazthe coach who has won the most titles in the Argentine League along with Angel Labrunais forced to retract for a sexist comment in Brazil. In April 2017 he had to apologize for a similar comment he made when he was coach of Vasco da Gama.
“Football is for men and not for girls. It is for men,” The strategist said in Saturday’s press conference when protesting the referee’s decision to disallow a goal by the Colombian. Johan Carbonero for an alleged offense that, in his opinion, did not exist.
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The annulment of the score ended up costing Inter dearly, who, after leading 2-0, gave up a 2-2 draw and remained in an uncomfortable position in the standings, since they are very close to the relegation zone.
With five days left until the end of the Brazilian Championship, the Porto Alegre team is within reach of the teams trying to get out of the last four places, which are punished with relegation.
He Inter also spoke out about the controversy statement in a statement.
“International reaffirms its commitment to the respect and valorization of women in all spheres of sport and society. A woman’s place is wherever she wants,” stated the management of the ‘colorado’ team in its statement.
The note adds that the Porto Alegre club, whose stadium will be one of those used at the 2027 Women’s World Cupis recognized for its historic defense of women’s football and for being one of the institutions with the largest number of members.
Last year, also when protesting an arbitration decision, Ramón Díaz questioned the fact that a woman was in charge of the VAR to review arbitration decisions in the Brazilian League.
“In relation to the referees, we can’t say much. We have the VAR. But, in the previous match, at home, a lady, a woman, interpreted a penalty in a different way. Football is different. It is difficult for the VAR to be decided by a woman because football is very dynamic and puts a lot of pressure on when decisions have to be made so quickly,” he said then.
At the time both Díaz and Vasco They apologized.
