Antonio Rüdiger’s skid in the King’s Cup finalized the attention of observers and big names in this sport. Many people believe that German will be severely punished.
His teammates and the Real staff had to get there with several to hold Rüdiger at the end of the match against Barça last Saturday, fearing that the defender commits the irreparable. After throwing projectiles (ice cubes) towards the referee while he was on the bench and left the match, the German was logically expelled. Furious, the latter was mastered but the referee reporting the gesture as an assault, Rüdiger will take between 4 and 12 games.
Since this incident, many football voices qualify the reaction of the Real Madrid player of abnormal and incomprehensible. One of the last to have expressed himself on this is the German legend Lothar Matthäus, a man who has enough weight in the world of football to express themselves on any subject. On a subject that is close to his heart, like the behavior of his compatriot Antonio Rüdiger, he did.
- “He went completely crazy. He could no longer control himself and his teammates had to calm him down and hold him very loudly. They held him as a wrestler to prevent him from running on the field,” started the former Bayern Munich player.
“He has a history of parole. A few weeks ago, during the match against Atlético de Madrid, he made a similar gesture, like cutting his throat, in front of the supporters after the match,” he added.
He then ventured on the sanction which will be pronounced: “If he takes four weeks, he will get out well. I think it will be rather two figures. What he did was not only against the referee, but also against himself, because he is a player of the national team and that he must show the example, which he completely forgot. He apologized, of course, he was a little late, and I plan to.
