Anger after slapstick own goal
Bayer keeper rages: “Everyone thinks he has a bigger cock”
02/16/2023, 11:50 p.m
Lukas Hradecky puts his team under pressure early on in the Europa League with a serious mistake, and Bayer Leverkusen are the losers at the end of a spectacular game. The goalkeeper scolds – and chooses hearty words for the opponent.
Captain Lukas Hradecky complained about a foul before his slapstick own goal in Bayer 04 Leverkusen’s 2-3 draw against AS Monaco and criticized the opponent’s subsequent behavior. The use of opponent Breel Embolo before the 0: 1 was a “clear foul”, the 33-year-old goalkeeper scolded on Thursday evening after the defeat in the first leg of the first knockout round of the Europa League. “I won’t say anything more about it, it’s cheeky.” He has no understanding, “everyone except Monaco fans saw it”.
Hradecky put himself in needless trouble after a back pass from Jonathan Tah and wanted to control the ball parallel to the goal line. Embolo bumped into the Leverkusen keeper, who stepped on the ball and stumbled it into the goal. The Bundesliga club’s Finnish goalkeeper waited in vain for the Israeli referee Orel Grinfeeld to whistle for a free kick.
The use of Embolo was actually at least borderline, the scene was checked, but Grinfeeld’s decision to score was not classified as a gross mistake. Especially annoying for Hradecky: Already at the 0:1 at the start of the premier class in Bruges he was to blame for the only goal through a serious mistake when he fell into the goal with the caught ball.
After the final whistle, there was a mass scuffle between the two teams on the way to the dressing room. The behavior of the Monegasques was “disrespectful” and “childish”, said the 33-year-old Finn. “No one can behave anymore these days, no respect. This is the new generation, everyone thinks they have bigger cocks than the others.”