Tiktukno: summary of today's events in sports, 21.11 (Sport1)
Three days before their opening game in the 2022 World Cup against Serbia, the Brazilian national team has to deal with background noise.
Richarlison provided the storm outside the field, when he made a controversial statement during an interview he gave to one of the local media before the start of the tournament.
"What will you do after you retire from football?", the interviewer asked the Tottenham striker, who after a few seconds of thought replied: "I think I'd like to be like Ronaldinho. I'll buy my own island, and I'll bring a lot of girls there to celebrate."
The interviewer responded with a smile to Richarlison's statement, and in fact the media that broadcast the interview also presented his statement as a joke, and even created a take-off of Richarlison's famous photo of Ronaldinho with a bunch of women in a pool with the help of Photoshop.
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A womanizer?
Richarlison next to the famous picture of Ronaldinho (photo: screenshot, illustration)
But the harsh reactions were not long in coming.
Shortly after the interview aired, women's organizations in Brazil revolted and Richarlison was heavily criticized on social media.
Yesterday he was forced to apologize, explaining that his statement was made in jest.
Richarlison comes to the tournament in excellent scoring form for the national team, having scored 7 goals in the last 6 appearances in the Celso uniform.
In Tottenham, on the other hand, he started the season in a much less successful way and has yet to score in 10 Premier League games this season.
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