The Spanish defender spoke out about his altercation with Neymar during the Classic during an interview on YouTube.
“I haven’t spoken (before) before for two reasons: first because the waves have totally submerged me. I couldn’t have won against Neymar in the media. But also because the club spoke with me and told me that justice was going to do its job.” In an interview broadcast on YouTube, Olympian defender Alvaro Gonzalez (30 years old) gave his version of events on a Classic that some already nickname the game of shame.
While the two parties were ultimately not sanctioned, Alvaro pleaded the misunderstanding: “The fans told me that I had their full support. I said the same thing to the coach and the president, that if I had to I leave (I will) but they would know the truth, that I am not racist first and that I am not guilty afterward,” he added, seemingly very touched by the situation.
Death threats
The latter, which had thoroughly degenerated on the meadow with the distribution of 5 red cards, did not cease to fester. So much so that it interferes with the player’s private life. “When we landed in Marseille, I had 2 million messages on Whatsapp, with threats in other languages. I didn’t understand anything. There were pictures of our cars, they said they were going to come and kill me…”the marked Spaniard rewinds.
He continued: “There were also messages to my parents with their store, which said they were going to kill them too… I was scared, yes. This had never happened to me before. It’s very difficult to see that you go from the public to the private person by touching the family.”
