At half-time in the friendly match against Kortrijk, the two players shouted at each other in Portuguese before fighting physically.
Would there be tension in the air in the locker room of the champions of France? At the end of the first period of the friendly between Kortrijk and Lille on Saturday, two players Xeka and Djalo had a strong explanation which ended with the expulsion of the two players.
On the images of the incident, we see the two Portuguese come to blows while the referee had just sent the twenty-two actors to the locker room. Reinildo quickly came to separate the two men. The numerical inferiority did not prevent the Mastiffs, reduced to nine, to snatch the draw (1-1)
At the end of the meeting, Xeka delivered his version of the facts on social networks: “I made a remark to a colleague with whom I have never had a problem. However, he felt offended, yet I never insulted or disrespected him. At the whistle at half-time, he rushed aggressively towards me and I just tried to defend myself. But I apologize to the supporters and the club for this situation and mentality which has never been part of my career. Everyone who knows me knows that I am not aggressive at all, I can have a strong personality but it is always with good intentions.»
A few days before the resumption of the championship, Jocelyn Gourvennec, the new coach, will have to pacify his locker room. At the end of the meeting, the Breton coach did not have all the cards in hand to settle the dispute. “I did not see what happened, commented the new coach. We will settle this internally, we will put things down. We will explain ourselves calmly to find out and understand what happened”, He explained on the website of The voice of the North.
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