Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira, from Palmeiras, was the protagonist of a controversy at the end of Sunday’s game with Atlético Mineiro, which ended in a draw, when he took the mobile phone from a TV Globo reporter. The journalist tried to film the confusion and protests at the referee by a Palmeiras manager.
Abel later realized that other journalists at the scene had filmed him pulling out his mobile phone and accusing them of blaming “Brazilian football like that”, leaving him unaware of manager Pedro Spinelli’s footage of the protests and the device sent back. .
Already at the press conference, the coach claimed invasion of privacy, but apologized for what had happened. “I’m going to clarify because everyone here likes to turn a glass of water into a storm. There was an argument, a confusion in the tunnel between our sporting director and one of the assistant referees. And there were journalists recording everything. My apologies if I went too far it’s a football thing it’s our thing but unfortunately everyone has cameras these days I’m sorry if I went overboard there are things the press don’t need to know I felt they infringed on my privacy. What I felt was an invasion of privacy,” he clarified.
And he backed out of the press conference when asked by journalists about PSG’s alleged interest in signing him. Earlier, he regretted the goal against Palmeiras disallowed after just seven minutes due to offside by Rony, explaining that the assistant had no viewing angle to see the line and that the images were also not clear.
Botafogo, led by Portuguese coach Luís Castro, meanwhile strengthened the lead of the Brazilian football championship by winning against América Mineiro (2-0) on Sunday evening. Playing at home and without the penalized Tiquinho Soares, the team from Rio de Janeiro is still on the rise, this time with a victory that started to take shape early: Júnior Santos opened the score in the third minute and Luís Henrique confirmed the triumph, at 60 .
The win keeps ‘Fogão’ in the lead, with 21 points, five more than Palmeiras, due to Abel Ferreira, who came to a draw at Atlético Mineiro, who dropped to fourth place, now with 14 points.
Source: DN
