Robert Renan apologizes to Inter fans after mistake in elimination; father reveals racist attacks | International

Named as the villain in Inter’s elimination in the Gauchão semi-final against Juventude after missing a penalty kick with a dig, Robert Renan spoke out for the first time about the episode this Thursday. In a post on social media, he apologized to the Colorado fans, players, coaching staff and other club employees.

Robert Renan tries to dig and misses a penalty in a decisive game against Juventude

The number 4 came on in the 49th minute of the second half in place of Vitão, precisely to take the penalty. The seventh Colorado player to take the shot, he made a risky shot, with which he already gave Zenit the title in Russia. But this time he made a mistake, which made him the main character in Colorado’s elimination.

– It won’t be with an apology that my mistake will be erased. But the first step is to apologize to the Colorado fans, the group of players, the coaching staff and the employees. I promise to maintain my professionalism on a daily basis to have the chance to recover with everyone – the defender wrote on Instagram.

– I am very sad about what happened and for having disappointed the club. At no point did I want to be disrespectful or make a joke. The only thing I can do at this moment is to work hard, train harder and harder and try to regain the affection of all the fans, who have always treated me in the best way since the first day I was here – he continued.

Since Monday night, Robert Renan has been receiving support from his locker room teammates and especially from his family, who lives with him in Porto Alegre. In contact with the report gethe player’s father, Roberto Barbosa, said that he was quite depressed.

– He was very downcast, sad. He had already hit like this other times, but this time he was unsuccessful. We are talking a lot to understand that it will pass. His career doesn’t end with this mistake, he will have new chances. The learning remains – he said.

Booed by the fans when he left the field, Robert Renan will now have the mission of recovering his image among the fans. According to Barbosa, something natural, which can happen to any player. What made the family upset were some racist attacks on social media.

– What bothered us was what came from some fakes with racist words. The game is the whole and mistakes are part of the sport – she declared.

The defender was the target of strong accusations in the locker room after the match and also in a meeting, the day after the elimination. The player’s staff also seeks to provide peace of mind and trusts that, due to his own personality, he will turn things around. In addition to the fans, he will also need to regain the trust of the group of players and the coaching staff.

In Thursday’s training session, open to the presence of the press only during the warm-up, the defender performed exercises with Bustos, Mercado, Alan Patrick, Wanderson, Wesley, Bruno Gomes and Matheus Dias. When it was time to switch fields to private activity, he was accompanied by Ricardo Mathias and, curiously, Mauricio, who ended up being sent off in the match.

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