Fabián Vargas is one of the former footballers who now works as a panelist in the media and who in recent days has made headlines for criticizing the work of journalism in sports.
In a dialogue with Smoke Free Zone, The former player of Boca Juniors, Internacional, América de Cali, Millonarios, among others, spoke again about the Colombian sports press and attacked the renowned journalist Carlos Antionio Vélez, whom he considers attacking and doing a lot of damage to footballers with your comments. Strong words.
“I do not agree with that way of thinking. We all have the right, but it does not mean that our opinion is totally respectable. Each one will assume what he says. Some players have approached their new stage in the media in a way that, I feel, is the wrong one, “said the former Colombian national team midfielder in the first place.
And he added: “For guys like Carlos Antonio Vélez, I put up with 20 years for my family to tell them things, for my grandmother to have the walls painted, for my cousins to beat themselves up for things they said on the radioSo why can’t a journalist endure criticism, ”he said.
Vargas’s comment is a sequel to the controversy that took place in recent days with Rafael Dudamel, Deportivo Cali coach, who, without saying the name, criticized Vélez’s comments in the game that Nacional eliminated the sugar players from the Cup. At the time, Vargas spoke in defense of Dudamel and, in the talk with the Valle del Cauca press (Smoke Free Zone), he recalled his words and made his position clear.
“I used to say why when the footballer is treated as a thief, a trunk, a package and a lot of adjectives that destroy, nothing is said. One of the teammates spoke to me and said ‘they are insulting my family’ and I replied, ‘The exact same thing happened to me for 20 years because of guys like that.’ And I wondered why the journalist can’t take a criticism?
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