Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Friday, 09 May 2025, 15:27 / Updated on Friday, May 09, 2025 15:37
Referee Daniel Siebert did not give to Victor Lindelof “red” or “yellow” for the harsh entry on Benat Prados, at a time when Athletic was driving by 1-0, in the return to Old Trafford. Manchester United Aa won 4-1 (3-0 in the tour) and qualified in the final.
It seems inappropriate to complain when you lose 4-1, but the incident Benat Prados accuses at a time when Athletic Bilbao was leading 1-0. The Basque player was the victim of a harsh, side entry of Victor Lindelof, who stuck the crampons in the leg, but the “central” Daniel Siebert was reacted in any way. And no lime considered time to revise the phase!
Brand: “The image of the injustice suffered by Athletic”
Prados posted immediately after the match hard photographs, not recommendable to the sensitive, with the bloody foot and the wound from which the blood continued to flow. And over one of them he wrote: “Without red, without yellow, without foul, he plays …”. The pictures on Instagram were also taken over by the Spanish press, and the brand titled: “The image of the injustice suffered by Athletic against Manchester United.”
Benat Prados / Photo Post: Instagram
Benat Prados was forced to leave the land in the 73rd minute, after the Swedish intervention on him, and needed stitches for the cut he caused. “From what I saw on the field, it seems like a pretty ugly entrance. You just have to see what wound he has,” commented his teammate, Mikel Jauregizar, in the mixed area, after the final whistle.
Doctors' verdict: “Benat Prados suffered a laceration and contusion to the right foot”
Coach Ernesto Valverde, in turn, reported that “Benat Prados has a serious blow to the tibia and a deep wound.” And the communication of the club's medical department confirmed: “The player suffered a laceration and a contusion in the front of the right foot. It remains to be seen how it will evolve.”
The cut caused by Victor Lindelof to Benat Prados / Photo: Instagram
Athletic's midfielder had entered the 63rd minute and had only been played only 10 minutes when he was injured and had to be replaced. Mason Mount then equalized one, and Casemiro, Hojlund and again Mount took the score to 4-1 for Manchester United, who had won at Bilbao, with 3-0.
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