Mancini “very disappointed” with De Jong critics.
Posted on October 15th, 2010 | 89 Comments |
De Jong, who was dropped from the Netherlands squad by manager, Bert van Marwijk, for his thuggish tackle, has so far not apologised to the Newcastle United player, and has also expressed dismay at the criticism of his violent tactics. A serial offender now, De Jong also broke the leg of the USA’s Stuart Holden in a pre World Cup “friendly”, and later launched an astonishing “Kung Fu” style attack on Spanish playmaker, Xabi Alonso during the World Cup final in Johennesburg last Summer.
On the criticism, Mancini whinged:
“First of all, I am very sorry for Ben Arfa. He’s a good player and I hope that he can be back playing very quickly.
“But I’m very disappointed about the people who talked about the situation. I never saw the tackle at the time. I watched it two days ago. It was very, very unlucky.
“But it was a normal tackle, not all the things that the people talking about it have said.”
On the suspension by Van Marwijk he added:
“He was disappointed to be left out but this is normal,”
“But he is a Holland player and has always given 100 per cent for them.
“I think he will try to get back in the Holland team.”
Meanwhile, it is not yet known when Ben Arfa will be able to return to the Newcastle United squad after his horrific injury, though doctors have been reported to have expressed the opinion that he should make a full recovery from his double leg break.
Who is XAVI Alonso? ;)
or is it XABI???