“What I did is not from someone who has 28 years and a ten year career, that’s not me”

Jose Maria Gimenez, soccer player Atlético Madrid, He was training with the group normally after going through the ‘workshops’ in the last phase of last year. The centre-back will face the season with enthusiasm, and has attended the players of The sixthwhere he spoke for the first time about what happened during the World Cup.

Uruguay and Ghana They met on the last day of the group stage with the goal of winning to qualify for the round of 16. And despite the fact that the Charrúas achieved victory, South Korea’s surprising victory against Portugal dashed the dream of gimenez and his teammates, who felt badly hurt by the arbitrations at the Qatar event. He was punished with a four-game suspension.

So, completely changed, the mattress player protested vehemently to the referee and ended up elbowing a FIFA official who was on the pitch.

“I had an episode at the World Cup that left me with a lot of marks, a lot of hurt, but I immediately realized that it wasn’t me,” Giménez recalled. “When I came out, my son was mad at me and that’s when I realized, above all, that it wasn’t me. This is a clear example of what not to do,” he added.

The defenseman continued to explain the matter and how he regretted it when he got to the locker room. “I called the person who happened, I apologized immediately after the game because I realized that it wasn’t me. The mistake I made hurt me, hurt my family, hurt my country And then they let me.”

“When it was over I didn’t want to talk. If the punishment falls, I will be responsible for my actions and the consequences that it will bring,” said Giménez, pointing out that now he has to “ask for forgiveness from the people , for the kids . That is not an example of a soccer player, a professional, or a person. And above all apologize to my country, because in the end it caused consequences, I accept them. This is not from someone who has 28 years and a ten-year career.”