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A player from Viajes InterRías, a second-tier national soccer team from Pontevedra, turned her back on her teammates and Deportivo Abanca’s rivals in the minute of silence that was observed by the former Argentine footballer Diego Maradona
before the friendly that faced them in the Ciudad Deportiva de Abegondo.
“I would do it a thousand times more”, The athlete has published on her account on social networks, in which she has become a trend for her gesture.
Thank you very much to all the people who have supported me and continue to support me. He does not give me the pot to answer you all but I read you. I would do it a thousand times more. Thank you.
– Dapena (@ DapenaPau_3) November 29, 2020
Paula Dapena, who is 24 years old, refused to respect the tribute to Maradona
and, as a sign of protest, he sat on the field, with his back to the rest, while the two teams formed on the main field of Deportivo de La Coruña’s training facilities to remember the Argentine star.
The Galician team kept that minute of silence for Maradona in Abegondo and also at the Riazor Stadium before the Segunda B match with Racing de Ferrol.
A gesture with which the footballer of the Pontevedra team disagreed, who explained to the PontevedraViva website his reasons for rejecting the minute of silence for someone whom he considered “a rapist, a pedophile, a whore and an abuser.”
The player disagreed that a minute of silence was kept for Maradona and not for the victims of gender violence, whose international day was celebrated last Wednesday.
Dapena highlighted the soccer virtues of Maradona, but said that the former footballer He cannot be forgiven “for all the atrocities he committed off the field.”
After the minute of silence, his team received a win from Deportivo Abanca (10-0), which is the bottom of the First Iberdrola with eight defeats in as many games.
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