At a glance
- Eduardo Camavinga has broken his silence on the red card he received for Real Madrid against Bayern Munich.
- The Frenchman was sent off for picking up a second yellow, with the aggregate score tied at 4-4 in the Champions League quarterfinal second leg.
- In the aftermath of the dismissal, however, Los Blancos then lost 4-3 on the night and 6-4 on aggregate.
Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga has broken his silence on the red card he received in a Champions League quarterfinal defeat to Bayern Munich, calling it a “bad memory” to Canal+ in his homeland.
“It’s a bad memory. I think it’s an incident that I didn’t expect at all and that affected me. But it’s part of the life of a footballer,” the 23-year-old said.
“I’m not lying to you, after that I disconnected from everything. I think we live better without social media. You see that football is ungrateful. You can play ten good games, you will have a bad one, a mistake, and then people will forget about the ten good ones.”
Camavinga’s Real Madrid teammates offered him support
Reports have already spread about Camavinga being found in the away locker room at the Allianz Arena crying “inconsolably”.
Camavinga confirmed that his teammates went there directly to support him after the 6-4 aggregate loss, however.
“They came to tell me that it wasn’t my fault, that it was a refereeing error. I took it as my mistake. The next day the club even sent me messages telling me that it was not my fault,” Camavinga revealed.
Kylian Mbappe was especially protective of his compatriot. “We don’t necessarily talk about it, but he has been affected (by the criticism his teammate received) because he saw me in the morning and gave me a big hug,” Camavinga stated.
“We always hug each other, all the time. On Monday morning, Mbappe saw me and said: ‘We are surviving’. I felt that I had empathy,” the youngster added.
Camavinga has come under fire this season and there are doubts about his future. But still, while reports of rifts are rife, it’s good to see that camaraderie remains prevalent in Valdebebas.
