A couple days ago, Real Madrid central defender and team captain Sergio Ramos hit back at all the criticism that he’s received since his collision with Mohamed Salah in the Champions League final which resulted in a serious injury to the Liverpool and Egypt star.
Ramos escaped punitive action for the incident, but hundreds of thousands of people signed a petition calling for discipline against the Andalusian. It was part of a massive global backlash against Ramos, as Salah could miss all of the Egypt’s group stage contests, and will certainly miss some of the action, due to shoulder ligament damage suffered during the incident.
On Wednesday, Ramos took exception to being football’s current villain of all villains, saying that this has all been blown out of proportion. Ramos claimed that he sent Salah a message, and that two men are “fine” right now.
The Premier League Player of the Year responded to these comments, and he disputed the veracity of Ramos’ claims. Salah also finds these comments funny.
“He sent me a message, but I never told him it was ‘fine,'” Salah said in an interview with Marca that was published today.
Ramos also downplayed the severity of Salah’s injury, saying that he was once able to play through a similar problem. The Spaniard even suggested that Salah could have played in the second half of the UCL final, with the aid of painkillers.
That drew a laugh from Salah who responded by saying: “My comment [to that] is that it’s always good when the one who made you cry at first, then makes you laugh. Maybe he could also tell me if I’m going to be ready for the World Cup?”
Salah admits that he doesn’t know if he’ll play June 15 against Uruguay when Egypt’s 2018 World Cup opens. He admits there is still a chance however.
“Now I’m better, though,” he added. “I hope to play the first game against Uruguay, but that will depend on how I feel when it approaches.”
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