It couldn’t be more disgusting!
Manuel Arias, boss of the Panama Football Association, insulted one of his country’s national team players. In a radio interview he really dished it out.
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He described midfielder Marta Cox (26) as “out of shape” and “fat”.
For Panama’s star soccer player, these insults are unacceptable and she is threatening to resign from the national team.
Arias’ comments were offensive and unexpected to her, Cox said.
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If such insults are repeated, she will no longer play for the national team, the soccer player replied in a statement. Cox said in her statement: “If this situation becomes permanent, I will not return to defend the colors of my national team.”
The Panamanian Football Association tried to smooth things over on Friday. In a statement, the association of the Central American country apologized for the statements made by its president. “On International Women’s Day, we regret the unfortunate expression used by our President Manuel Arias in the local media,” it said.
Arias had previously apologized in a statement on the X platform, formerly Twitter, for his statements in a radio interview and praised Cox for her role in the 2023 Women’s World Cup. wrote the head of the association.
That sounded completely different just before. “She’s out of shape, she’s fat, she couldn’t move on the court,” Arias complained about Cox.
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Source: DFL/BILD09.03.2024
Cox was the player who had made football history for Panama just a year earlier. In the group game against France, she scored Panama’s first goal at a World Cup with a free kick from 35 meters.
2024-03-09 20:41:41
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