REAL MADRID CAPTAIN Sergio Ramos blasted the jeers directed at him from sections of the Abu Dhabi crowd in Saturday’s Club World Cup final as “inexplicable”.
Madrid ran out comfortable 4-1 winners over locals Al Ain, as Luka Modric, Marcos Llorente, Ramos and a Yahia Nader own goal did the damage and saw Los Blancos win the competition for a third year in a row.
But one consistent element of the game was the treatment afforded to Ramos, who was jeered throughout by the crowd.
The Al Ain fans are believed to have singled Ramos out for his role in Mohamed Salah’s Champions League final injury last term.
But Ramos sees no acceptable reason for the boos and slammed those jeering for a lack of respect.
“I got that,” he told reporters when asked if he was aware of the jeers. “The whistles are inexplicable. I think you have to respect the figures of football.”
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I presume there was a queue to jeer him.
@Ger Buckley: why?
@Young Angus: I’d imagine because a lot of people don’t like his attitude. And in a format of people standing in a line who wanted to boo him the line would be long.
@Young Angus: because he’s a stain on the game. He’s a cheat, he harangues referees, and he comes across to most neutrals as unpleasant
So Al ain are the second best club in the world. Isn’t soccer just ruined by the amount of money that’s in it. Templemore harriers would probably beat them FFS.
@Bungee Aky: but Templemore Harriers wouldn’t win the European Cup to qualify for the tournament
@John Cotter: Nor would Al Ain !
@Bungee Aky: money has ruined football but ur completely wrong here.. wud it not have something to do with it being winners of continental competitions.. afterall the oceanic champions are mostly if not fully semiprofessional.. bit similar to hurling years ago no .antrim losing all ireland final .. wud that make antrim the second best team
@Bungee Aky: so, casual racism aside, what are you basing your assertion that Al Ain are a poor team?
@John Cotter: I presume they won the Asian champions league , they earned their place
@Bungee Aky: Fairly sure it’s Tullamore Harriers. And also they’re an athletics club so Al Ain would probably sneak the win.
Mo Salah?
Ramos ha ha ah my heart bleeds