Atletico Madrid supervisor Diego Simeone has apologised to Vinicius Junior for his behaviour in direction of the Actual Madrid winger throughout their Spanish Tremendous Cup semi-final.
Simeone made feedback to the 25-year-old Brazilian winger from the touchline, with the Argentine reportedly suggesting Actual Madrid president Florentino Perez can be offloading him.
Vinicius, whose contract runs till the simmer of 2027, helped his facet beat Atletico 2-1 in final Thursday’s semi-final earlier than Actual Madrid had been crushed 3-2 by Barcelona within the last in Saudi Arabia.
“I wish to apologise to Mr Florentino and Mr Vinicius for the incident they witnessed,” stated Simeone.
“It was fallacious of me to place myself in that place, and I settle for that it was fallacious. The workforce that wins deserves to undergo; they deserved to undergo.”
Simeone additionally appeared to alternate phrases with Vinicius when the ahead was substituted after 81 minutes.
Requested if his behaviour had crossed a line, Simeone added: “I apologise, however I don’t apologize. I’ve nothing extra so as to add.”
