After being seen joking with a bottle that hit him on the head and fell to the ground, Andrés Guardado, Betis midfielder, assured that he did not make fun of Joan Jordán, hit on the head by a PVC bar on Saturday thrown from the stands. This caused the Copa del Rey match against Sevilla to be suspended at the minute 39.
“I want to clarify that in I’m not making fun of Jordan at any time, ”said the Mexican soccer player, after the controversy generated by some images in which he appears with several teammates when he left the Benito Villamarín lawn and in which, jokingly, he launched a bottle of water to his head and pretended to vanish.
Betis footballers they enthusiastically celebrated their qualification for the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. A goal from Sergio Canales after the game resumed sealed the final 2-1.
The Mexican’s gesture caused deep discomfort among the Sevilla fans, whose sports director, Ramón Rodríguez, ‘Monchi’ , called for “sanity” and “tranquility” after everything that has happened since Saturday.
“An event has been experienced that should not be experienced on a soccer field, and that is unfortunate, a shame, ”said Saved in his message published on the social network twitter.