Apisai Naqalevu’s tackle on Nicolas Depoortère, during the last Bordeaux-USAP, made the father of the French international center react.
Last Saturday in Bordeaux, Apisai Naqalevu was sent off in the 45th minute for an uncontrolled tackle on Nicolas Depoortère. The head of the Fijian USAP center collided with that of the French international. Verdict: red card for Naqalevu, but above all a fracture of the orbital floor for Depoortère, an operation and a package of several weeks.
This Thursday with our colleagues from France Blue GirondeNicolas Depoortère’s father had strong words against the Fijian. “It’s an attack! It’s not a game event. It’s incomprehensible. We talk about player safety from morning to night. […] But this, frankly, is indefensible. He just had to tackle him to push him into touch and instead he did nothing to make a tackle. He just ran into her to hurt.”
“No news” from the USAP, which for its part assures that it has sent a message to the UBB
Alexandre Depoortère also rails against the USAP, from which he claims not to have received “no news”. “Don’t talk to me about that. It shocked me! We didn’t even ask for an apology, just humanely to get news of the injured person. So the UBB may have received something but Nicolas, on a personal level, didn’t There was no call or even just a message from USAP or the player, as a dad, it really bothers me. He has already had injuries since he was very young and this is the first time this has happened. like that.”
According to our information, USAP leaders sent a message to Bordeaux president Laurent Marti to ask for news of the player on Saturday evening.
For his part, Apisai Naqalevu, automatically suspended for this weekend’s match against Lyon, is summoned before the Disciplinary Committee on Wednesday October 23. He risks a six-match suspension.
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