As part of The Last Word Anniversary, The Last Word Tigres striker André-Pierre GignacHe remembers the embarrassing episode he starred in Veracruzwhen you are in Opening 2019 Score a goal against sharks, when the opposing team was standing on the field in protest of the non-payment of money to the players; The Bomboro He said with regret, noting that it was a disgrace to his career.
Since that month in October, Gignac apologized and explained that his intention was to send the ball to the stands, but scored a goal when it was the 4th minute of the match; The remaining players then indicated that they would only hold out a minute to protest.
This Monday, during an interview with FOX Sports, he revealed that he spoke to Mexican Football Federation (FMF) The next day to demand that this target be erased, but that was impossible.
“There was a lot of misunderstanding, at first it was one minute, then three minutes; I wanted a big hit in the stands, sometimes unbelievable goals come out of me, by the time he came in, the fact was that three minutes had already passed, But I didn’t want to score. After that match I scored Al Ittihad and asked them to take the goal away from me, it’s a disgrace to me here in Mexico, I’m sorry“.
“The truth was that the game was a real mess, and I don’t want to remember it like that, I know I’m annoying on the court, annoying, they say I do it with the referees, when I find an argument with the referee, after 10 seconds I go and tell the referee, next time, I know how to deal it may be that sometimes I scream, they take a picture from five years ago, I’ve really changed, I’m mature in these matters. Yes, the truth is that I am a bit fat,” said the Ten Tigers.