The former footballer, in his capacity as a commentator on ADN radio, said he was hurt by the words of the midfielder of Athletico Paranaense, who after making his debut in his new team shot the Flamengo coach.
Arturo Vidal’s statements on Jorge Sampaoli surprised. The Athletico Paranaense midfielder offloaded after making his debut for the Coritiba side and threw his darts at the Flamengo coach, who managed him until last week. “I feel very happy. I was always ready to play, except I had a loser as a coach, someone who doesn’t know how to appreciate his players,” he said on television.
His pain did not end there. A few minutes later, during the press conference, he again mentioned the trans-Andean DT. “For me, the Sampaoli case is a closed issue. Now I realized what a lot of people told me, who it was, I never listened. I understand the person he is, the coach he is and I feel really happy not to be with him anymore.” he insisted.
Far from leaving it behind the national team responded to those who criticized him for his remarks through social networks. “They’re all chunchos”, commented on a post he posted on Instagram and that it was full of comments from people claiming their behavior.
This Monday, Jorge Valdivia, former classmate of Vidal in Colo-Colo and the Reds, exposed surprised by the claims of the former Inter Milan. In his position as a commentator on DNA radio, the Magician faced the former DT of the national team. “Arturo questions the professional in his first statement, where he implies that he is a losing coach. But then he talks about the person, about Sampaoli as a human being, and I find it more serious and strange, especially on Vidal, because they had a good relationship before,” he says.
In this sense, the retired player says that the midfielder expected Casildense’s arrival in Rio de Janeiro, because he could regain the notoriety he lost in Flamengo. “When Sampaoli goes to Brazil, Arturo Vidal was one of the most enthusiastic and happy about the arrival of an acquaintance, but time has shown us otherwise,” he adds.
Then comes the most severe verdict of the ex-Union La Calera. “It hurts me a lot to listen to him, because I consider him my friend and he is a human being with good feelings towards people. , is very concerned about the fan. From the professional, You can refer to Sampaoli as you see fit, but I didn’t expect him to criticize the values I’m not used to hearing it that way,” he said.
Then he defends the Argentinian from the darts of former Bayern Munich. “I think he’s not a loser, on the contrary, he’s a winning coach, who is successful at the U and in the Chilean team. He took us to a World Cup and made us win the Copa America” enumerate.
To close, Valdivia returns to two moments. One in which he is opposed to DT, but another where the latter supported the current paranaense footballer. “When he left the national team, it wasn’t just what he did when he set up a meeting with journalists and talked about having an ungovernable dressing room. It wasn’t fair to us that we stood up to him. But Sampaoli was one of the architects of Vidal’s protection when the Ferrari affair happened in 2015.”
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