Spain and Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has revealed that both he and his family received death threats over his injuring Liverpool and Egypt winger Mohamed Salah in the UEFA Champions League Final this past May. Ramos received an extremely chilly reception last night at Wembley Stadium when he and his Spain teammates beat England 2-1 in UEFA Nations League competition.
After the game, Ramos once again said that he did not intend to injure Salah during their entanglement in Kiev. He also said that he does not have a guilty conscience over the incident, and added that people have made death threats against his kids.
“I would have liked another reception because people only remember the action of the final, and nobody remembers the death threats that my family and my children received,” Ramos said in regards to England supporters jeering and whistling at him at the national stadium.
“It is a very sensitive issue that people maybe take as a joke about and [that’s why they] whistle in a great stadium like this. My conscience is very clear. I already explained [what happened], and I do not have to give more explanations.”
“You never expect a reception that is not good because, as I said the other day, if these [English] fans have something good, it is that they have always been with the great players. It has not been like that, but I am very calm, with my conscience very clear in that aspect.”
Salah, who missed Egypt’s first World Cup game this summer due to the incident with Ramos, has rejected the Spaniard’s explanations of his actions. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has repeatedly hit out at Ramos over the altercation, labeling him “ruthless and brutal.”
Again, Ramos maintains that he did nothing wrong.
“As I said before, I have never tried to hurt a colleague,” the Madrid Captain added.
“There are people who may have misunderstood it, but these are football things. It will not change anything in my game or in me.”
Get well soon, @LukeShaw23!
???? https://t.co/DLqgPW2A7o— Sergio Ramos (@SergioRamos) September 8, 2018
It should be noted however that after England defender Luke Shaw suffered a scary head injury in the match, Ramos Tweeted out his support to his opponent.
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