The post-match brawl between Mallorca and Real Madrid was sparked by the Los Blancos players targeting Pablo Maffeo, who had previously spoken out about Vinicius Junior.
Mallorca midfielder Omar Mascarell has revealed the reason why players from both teams got into a fight after Real Madrid’s 3-0 win in the Super Cup semi-final on Thursday, with Madrid players targeting the Argentine right-back Pablo Maffeo.
A few weeks ago, Maffeo was quoted as saying he would knock out Vinicius Junior in 10 seconds. Which made headlines in the Spanish press, but there was no clear context. Before Mascarell explained that the Madrid players were doing their best to provoke Maffeo. Who was targeted by Vinicius and Aurelien Tchouameni.
‘In every game we have a problem with a player, people get angry. But the most important thing is to win the game. We don’t want to talk about him because that’s what he wants.’
‘They made the headlines they wanted. He was obviously joking, but they had that in mind. From the moment he hit the ground in the first half, everyone was after him. We are a family and we will protect Maffeo until the day we die. The media that wants to publish these images can clearly see what happened.’
‘I was the first to see the video interview and I could see that it was a joke. But what got to Madrid was the headlines. They thought about it very quickly, but it didn’t interest us.’
Mascarell is a former Real Madrid youth player who สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที still supports his former club but feels the coverage of his current team is unfair.
‘In the end, it looks like that and I’m telling you. I came out of the Madrid academy and I have a special love for the club. They described us as bad people and I don’t think it should be like that.’
‘We come to compete, the fights that happen on the pitch are still happening on the pitch. There are moments in the game where they look for you and it looks like we’re the only ones looking for fights. It’s not right and the cameras are there and you can clearly see that the competition is intense because of both teams.’
‘I spent four years at Valdebebas, I don’t blame anyone, but everyone has to be consistent in their actions. But I want to make it clear that I don’t want Mallorca to become the villain. Because you can clearly see that the fights were caused by both teams and everything should have been on the pitch.’