As the footballer was about to take a throw-in, a fan attacked him by touching his buttocks to make him feel uncomfortable.
Sevilla footballer Lucas Ocampos experienced an uncomfortable situation during the duel against Rayo Vallecano for the Spanish championship. In the match valid for the 23rd day of Spanish football, The Argentinian was about to take a throw-in when a local supporter, taking advantage of the proximity of the stands, touched his stick. .
Faced with this situation, the steering wheel turned to demand the aggressor, without retaliating. Although he complained to the match judge and security staff at the Vallecas stadium, there was no positive response to his statements and the fan was not expelled from the area. Additionally, Ocampos had to put the ball in play.
After this sequence became known, La Liga began its efforts and, after identifying the attacker in collaboration with the police, it will report the incident to the juvenile prosecutor’s office, as it concerns a minor. .
Once the match was over, the former River Plate footballer spoke about the bad moment he experienced on the pitch. “I don’t think all the people at Rayo are like that, because the truth is that they always treat us with respect, but there is always a fool. And I hope it doesn’t happen in other areas, because if it happens in women’s football we know what can happen. “, he began to emphasize.
“I held back because I have two daughters and I hope that tomorrow doesn’t happen to them,” he then explained. “Let’s hope they take whatever retaliation they have to take and I hope a fool like this doesn’t stain the fans because the truth is he did very well. », concluded Ocampos.
For his part, Sevilla coach Quique Sánchez also spoke to discuss the event. “What happens to the spirits?” We must reverse the trend. I am very worried that, regardless of age, such strange things happen in stadiums. There is a lot to review in terms of safety and behavior. Not everything happens in stadiums, and what doesn’t matter is having unprepared people near the players. “, he stated.
In turn, the president of Rayo Vallecano, Martín Presa, defended the club, emphasizing that “This is an incorrect attitude, the club is foreign. Appropriate measures must be taken with the fan. Rayo Vallecano condemns him from the first moment “. For this reason, he added that “we cannot be sanctioned.”
Official versions
Later, in a statement, Rayo Vallecano said the club “condemns the action that a fan had with the Sevilla FC player, Lucas Ocampos.”
“This isolated action is solely the individual responsibility of the supporter who carried it out, without neither Rayo Vallecano of Madrid SAD nor any of the almost 15,000 spectators who filled the Vallecas stadium during the match against Sevilla FC. are responsible. had exemplary behavior “, they added.
Likewise, Sevilla expressed that it “deeply regrets the event that occurred this Monday during the match against Rayo Vallecano, during which our player Lucas Ocampos suffered an obscene and totally inappropriate gesture from a local supporter. Sevilla FC hopes that appropriate measures stipulated in the regulations will be taken so that such behavior does not happen again on a football pitch, and this has been passed on to La Liga. . These gestures and behaviors should not be allowed in our competition if we aspire to be the best league in the world.
“Finally, Sevilla FC conveys its maximum support to Lucas Ocampos, who showed great professionalism and great know-how, despite the unacceptable attitude of the supporter who reprimanded him,” they said. concluded.
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