Flamengo assistant coach Pablo Fernandez apologised on Sunday for an altercation together with his personal membership’s ahead Pedro after the Brazilian aspect’s 2-1 win at Atletico Mineiro on Saturday.
Flamengo health coach Fernandez reportedly reprimanded Pedro within the dressing room on the Raimundo Sampaio Stadium about his poor angle after the participant sat on the bench sad about not approaching instead in the course of the Serie A match.
Pedro alleged that Fernandez punched him within the face.
Both males had been later seen arriving at a police station in Belo Horizonte and native media studies stated Pedro had filed a proper criticism in opposition to Argentine coach Fernandez.
“I could be here talking about the limited play I’ve been getting in recent games but what happened today was more serious than what can happen inside the pitch,” 26-year-old Pedro wrote on his Instagram account.
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“Cowardly, without reason and inexplicably, I was attacked with a punch in the face by Pablo Fernandez, a member of Sampaoli’s coaching staff.
“The physical cowardice has outweighed the psychological cowardice I have suffered in recent weeks.”
The health coach apologised on social media on Sunday, acknowledging the incident and explaining that he reacted in a “high-stress situation”.
“I could start these words in a thousand ways, but the only one that really makes sense is to apologise. To Pedro, to the teammates, to the workers and to Flamengo,” stated Fernandez.
“I went into the dressing room very upset, wanting to resolve the situation right away and I did it wrong.
“High competition often has things that make us sick. High-stress situations that make us react and think badly. I don’t mean to put this context as an excuse but as an explanation.
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Flamengo’s Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli expressed his feelings about the incident on his Instagram account.
“I don’t believe in violence as a solution. It gets us nowhere. Not in life, not in football,” he wrote.
“What happened yesterday made me very sad. We overshadowed an impressive victory with an internal dispute whose reasons exist, but at this moment do not matter.”
“I am the leader of this team. It hurts me a lot when two co-workers fight. Coaches don’t just work on tactics, above all, we work to manage groups.
“I haven’t slept thinking about how to help Pedro and Pablo. We have an obligation to look after each other. To be better.”
Pedro has made a reputation for himself at Flamengo with 93 objectives in 192 video games since becoming a member of from Italy’s Fiorentina in 2020.
He helped the Rio de Janeiro membership win the Copa Libertadores final 12 months because the crew’s prime scorer within the event.
The ahead has scored 4 occasions in 13 league video games this season however his final purpose got here in opposition to Gremio on June 11, 5 days after he final performed the complete 90 minutes.
Flamengo are second within the Brazilian league standings, 12 factors behind Botafogo.
