Jorge Sampaoliwithout a team after finishing his stage in the Flamengo Brazilian at the end of 2023, has been forced to apologize for an unfortunate comment about the former Barça player Ousmane Dembelecurrently in the Paris Saint-Germainin ‘So Foot‘.
Asked about the role of the French national team at Euro 2024, from which she was ousted in the semi-finals by Spain (2-1)the eventual champion, the Argentine coach assured that the ‘blue‘They have “an extraordinary selection, but they need to run a lot and when the spaces are reduced they cannot find channels of attack despite their enormous individual abilities.”
One of them is Dembelediscreet in Germany – one assist in five games. “When he is overflowing, the other players are like spectators watching how the action will end. They know that he plays like an autistic person: he starts the action and finishes it alone,” he said. Sampaoliwho hours later admitted his mistake on Instagram.
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“It was never my intention to refer to autism. I apologize to everyone. I wanted to talk about individuality. More than ever, it is a stage in which you have to be careful with the words you use,” wrote the man from Casilda, champion of the Copa America in 2015 at the head of Chili and Argentine coach at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where they fell in the quarter-finals at the hands of the France… of Ousmane Dembele (4-3).
Sampaoli’s apology message
