The night of the candles has passed, a Christmas atmosphere is felt, the parties and the drinks are the protagonists. For everyone except the footballers, who in these times define a lot in their respective teams and also, as public figures, they must set an example.
That last detail is what the Ecuadorian Gonzalo Plata seemed to forget, who was the protagonist at dawn this Wednesday in a delicate traffic accident, apparently caused by alcohol consumption.
According to the newspaper El Norte de Castilla, the Real Valladolid player collided with a taxi, which was occupied by a passenger, who was thrown from the vehicle, while the driver had to be removed by the moon, due to the damage caused by the footballer’s car.
The good news is that the injuries to the three protagonists would be minor. The bad news is that the player, according to the source, gave a rate of more than 0.60 in the corresponding breathalyzer control, which is why an investigation was opened for a crime against road safety.
And it will not be, according to Valladolid’s own statement, the only consequence faced by the 22-year-old footballer: “Preserving the player’s privacy, the Club reserves the appropriate disciplinary measures, and will open the corresponding file when it has all the information. . We also regret the injuries suffered by the people who have been involved in the accident, who, luckily and according to the information we have, are in good condition. Regardless of the individual responsibility of the player, and without detriment to the measures taken by Justice in this regard, the Club’s Internal Regulations and Code of Conduct are strict to deal with this type of attitudes, undermining our values as an institution, “he announced.
Plata, remembered in Colombia for being the author of one of the goals in the 6-1 defeat in Quito, for the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers, will surely not forget, from now on, that not even Christmas is an excuse for disrespecting the rules.
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