Rafa Silva apologizes for his expulsion for missing the third minute: “I exaggerated”

The striker took to his social media to talk about the unjustifiable red card he received in the match against Atletico

Cruzeiro forward Rafa Silva took to social media to apologize for his unjustified sending off in the match his team lost against Atletico 3-0, at the Brasileirão, this Saturday (26/10).

“I want to apologize to all the Cruzeiro fans, my teammates and the staff who accompanied me for what happened in the match. I know I made a mistake and I ended up compromising the team in the match. I was happy with the match. opportunity to return after these three months of difficult and complicated recovery but I ended up overdoing it,” the attacker said in part of the note.

Remember the Rafa Silva cartoon

Rafael Silva played one of the most important roles in the history of football this Saturday (26/10), during the clash between Cruzeiro and Athletico at the Arena da Baixada. After all, as soon as the ball rolled, he tried to push a rival. However, not satisfied, he elbowed another, Kaique Rocha. All with just three seconds of rolling the ball. The ball continued to roll a little. But, after 14 seconds, the referee showed a straight red card, resulting in one of the quickest dismissals in the history of Brazilian football. By way of comparison, in the 1980s, right-back Perivaldo, when defending Palmeiras, was sent off after five seconds in a match against São Paulo.

At the end of the match in Curitiba, coach Fernando Diniz’s press conference lasted more than an hour. Together with Diniz, director Alexandre Mattos spoke and announced that Rafael Silva would be punished.

“It’s unacceptable, we demand professionalism. The player will receive a heavy fine!”, said Mattos, specifying that he will wait until Monday to decide whether the player will receive further sanctions.

It is worth mentioning that in 2009, striker Zé Carlos, defender of Cruzeiro against Atlético-MG, was sent off after seven seconds. He apologized and everything. However, he never defended Fox again.

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Source: Terra

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