Gustavo Cabral denies making racist insults towards Rüdiger | OneFootball

Gustavo Cabral broke his silence after the anti-racism protocol was activated in the last minutes of the Real Madrid - Pachuca match due to an incident with Antonio Rüdiger.

The Tuzo player broke his silence to the press in the mixed zone and explained what happened on the field.

"There was nothing racist. I called him a shit coward, as we say in Argentina. There's no penalty for saying that, it's just a word, period. It has no other intention".

"There was a scuffle, I received a kick, he says I hit him with my hand, we argued. But nothing more. The referee made the racism sign, but I repeated the same thing all the time: 'shit coward'", he mentioned.

Cabral also added that the argument extended to the locker room, due to the heat of the moment, but it did not escalate further.

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