He assures that the agreed pact was not respected and those who jumped onto the field did not want to attack the Barça players.
“I think it was a provocation.” These are the surprising words of Joan Collet, former president of RCD Espanyol, who assesses the incidents that took place in Cornellà, where there was an invasion of the field by several radical followers that led to the stampede and escape, on the run, of the Barcelona players as they celebrated their league title win on the grass.
Joan Colletformer chairman of RCD Espanyolin an interview with the station ‘RAC1’ expressed his disapproval of the controversial celebration of the league title held by the Barça team on the field of the RCD stadium. “I think it was a provocation, because of everything that came from the past, because of everything that was agreed upon. Even Xavi himself recognized it, saying that they probably shouldn’t have done it.”assures.
“Let’s explain everything from the beginning. When the game is over and the players hug and jump and everyone on the bench comes out, people said nothing. Nobody said anything. I was in the stadium and nobody said anything. Even the Espanyol players stopped on the field to applaud for being champions. So far nothing had happened. An agreement had been reached between the two clubs, because the Mossos had also advised it.” explained.
Finally, Collet went much further. “What is the crowd doing? It was a provocation. If the Mossos tell you not to go through a street, the aggressor must be blamed, but you shouldn’t have gone through more”, settled. What’s more, collet believes that, in In any case, it was the intention of the radicals who jumped onto the field to kill the football players of the FCBarcelonabut they just wanted to end the party:I don’t think those who jumped did so with the idea of attacking the players”, said.
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