February 1, 1998. Atlético de Madrid and Celta de Vigor tied one to Balaídos afterwards Juninho would have advanced the rojiblanco team on the scoreboard and that This bound immediately afterwards. The second half passed and behind a wall, Juninho was left alone then Dutruel.
He didn’t finish, because he came from behind Michel Salgado, with a wild entrance, stopped the attacker dry. It has ankle studs, with no option to reach the ball. At that moment, Juninho knew he was broken. The judge, Grace Round, He whistled for a foul after consulting the assistant, but did not show a yellow card, to the anger of the colchoneros, who could not believe the pitch.
Juninho underwent surgery and was out for several months. He missed the World Cup in France, where he was called one of the stars after shining at Atlético. was never the same again. The competition was entered ex officio and Salgado was sanctioned with four games and a fine of 500,000 pesetas, which angered Celta. Even a thousand Galician fans showed up in the street considering it unfair. A few days later, the sanction was annulled.
the apology was not accepted
Salgado, who would later make a career at Real Madrid, tried to apologize to Juninhobut the Brazilian never agreed to talk to the Celta footballer then, considering that he acted in bad faith by making that tackle, because he had no option to get the ball in any way.
25 years later, there are many rojiblancos fans who continue to remember the brutal attack as if it happened yesterday, in what was one of the saddest episodes of that era in the world of football.
Source: La Verdad
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