La Liga - Drenthe sorry for leg-break tackle

Eurosport - Mon, 28 Sep 17:15:00 2009

Real Madrid midfielder Royston Drenthe has apologised to Marc Bertran for the tackle that fractured a bone in the Tenerife defender's leg and put him out of action for three to four months.

FOOTBALL Real Madrid's Dutch midfielder Royston Drenthe - 0

Bertran was felled by a crunching foul from the Dutchman in the first half of Real's 3-0 win at the Bernabeu on Saturday and had to be substituted.

"That's football and these things happen but when they do it's normal to feel a bit bad," Drenthe said.

"That's why I wanted to talk to him and tell him that it was not intentional and he said that was the most important thing."

Reuters

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  1. I for one don't actually believe that Real­ Madrid's players try to break their opponents legs­ and I'm not a Barcelona fan either. If you read my­ posts you can quite clearly see that Tenerife is my­ team. What annoys me though is that whenever the­ "smaller" teams visit el Bernabeu they are­ always hard done by. 4 pathetic yellows to Real's 1­ - which should have been red. Look at Osasuna last­ year. How many times are penalties given there? All­ I'm saying is that it would be so much different if­ Ronaldo, Kaka or Benzema had been taken out like­ Bertran was. But then again, all you "Madrid­ 4lyfe" retards can't see that. Perhaps they­ should make a filter for those who have got Real coming­ out of their ****.

    And the guy apologised only because­ he was told to. Look at the video. It would bring a­ tear to a glass eye.

    Arriba er tete. Adelante sin­ temor a la meta final.

    From pakeanutziarte, on Tue 29 Sep 10:35AM
  2. pig! same class of Scholes.. but Pepe is above the­ rest!

    From gorka, on Tue 29 Sep 10:14AM
  3. I wonder what this guy is still doing in Madrid! He is­ complete rubbish. Watch him again on saturday, he was­ rubbish. Ithink madrid deserves better player with all­ their money.

    From allcoded, on Tue 29 Sep 8:50AM
  4. ha ha ha ha
    i'm surprise to see all ppl are with­ betran in this case
    its either all of are barca fans or­ madrid haters but in both cases you are loser
    i am­ madrid fan but i'm not helping drenth, coz dreanth­ use to much power in everything than than he use his­ brain
    but he didn't make a crime, he only use over­ in the game just make peligrene glad and choose him in­ the squad
    the guy apologise thats something many­ don't
    plz ppl don't judge with your feeling,­ use ur brain
    we had alot of players suffered from­ injuries like nisterlroy, diara, delared and ramos (all­ were in dangerous situation)
    plz ppl remaimer its only­ a game

    From getachew44, on Tue 29 Sep 7:28AM
  5. Have you ever kicked a proper football,i dnt think­ so,you would have known what happens when it to instant­ decision making by the way Messi is almost failing to­ take Argentina to the world.And remember by the time El­ Classico will be on REAL will be well combined and then­ we'll see.

    From Matimba, on Tue 29 Sep 6:55AM
  6. drenthe is like the biggest @#$% in the leftback­ industry he is blind !!!! marcelo is way better hala­ madrid nd fuuuuuuuuucccccccckkkkkkkkk messi :P:P:P

    From omars34, on Tue 29 Sep 5:01AM
  7. Wow all of you people are retarded if you actually­ believe that Real Madrid players try and break­ people's legs. They really need to make a @#$%­ filter so that the normal people don't have to read­ 90% of these idiotic comments from haters.

    From Rob, on Tue 29 Sep 1:55AM
  8. the whole mentality and spirit of real madrid is dirty.­ they proove it clearly every- every time. shame on­ real!

    From damnsoldja, on Mon 28 Sep 11:51PM
  9. It´s obvious that Drente has already received a few­ lessons from his team-mate Pepe “the bloodthirsty”, and­ yes, he´s learnt quickly…

    From Eslay, on Mon 28 Sep 10:26PM
  10. shut up you sad @#$% its football @#$% happens relaxxx­ u sadd low lifes f""k messi il break hes­ neck

    hala madrid

    From masicerko, on Mon 28 Sep 9:37PM
  11. I don't know what exactly Alen John? ? For a start­ it looks like you don't know how to write in­ English.
    "Let me hear word."
    Pero vamos a­ ver imbecil, ¿qué coño quiere decir eso?

    I don´t know­ what the game is all about? I think I do. I'll­ admit that my team lost to Real, but everyone is­ talking about Drenthe's tackle and everyone is­ saying it should have been a red card. I'm not­ arguing that Tenerife could have won the game if­ Drenthe had been sent off - although had he been given­ a red card, we could have won. In fact if Drenthe were­ to be suspended it still wouldn't help us. The fact­ is, one of our best players and our only right back is­ out for 4 months because of this animal who only was­ only FORCED to apologise in an attempt not to blacken­ Real's name. Look at the video on Marca. He­ doesn't care. And whereas Florentino Perez can­ easily have a replacement for Drenthe we, with one of­ the lowest budgets in La Liga, cannot.

    I suggest you­ "shut off your mouth".

    From pakeanutziarte, on Mon 28 Sep 9:02PM
  12. Let Me Hear Word.Mr Indonoob and pakeanutziarte.You­ dont know what game is all about..Its better your shut­ off your mouth if you dont know anything,even if­ Drenthe was wrong,.,you dont need to shout....football­ is a game.

    Alenjohn
    Malaga spain

    From ALEN JOHN, on Mon 28 Sep 8:44PM
  13. Let's get this straight. He only apologized, after­ he was FORCED to. Marc Bertran was asked on Punta­ Pelota last night if he'd been contacted by­ Drenthe, to which he replied no. Drenthe is an animal.­ He went in strong in every challenge on Saturday, and­ even when he was in the clear for a shot on goal he­ blazed the shot over because he attacked it so damn­ hard.

    Thanks for nothing, hijo de la gran puta. And­ who can we get now of the same quality as Bertran? We­ can't. We have one of the smallest squads in La­ Liga, and have a budget of next to nothing. We'll­ have to use Pablo Sicilia, a centre back as a right­ back, or use Aitor from the B squad, who has only­ played one competitive game. Imagine if Bertran had­ gone in like that on Ronaldo or Kaka? Bertran would be­ vilified throughout Spain and banned for weeks. But­ Drenthe gets off free. Yeah, because he plays for the­ "big" team.

    I hope he leaves the Heliodoro­ in February on crutches.

    From pakeanutziarte, on Mon 28 Sep 6:48PM
  14. You inexperienced looser. That is what you people at­ madrid are tought, to brake other players legs, just­ like you were trying to do to Messi last season,­ because you know that if you can't beat him fair,­ you try to brake his legs to stop him, because you­ can't stop him anyway else.

    From Indonoob, on Mon 28 Sep 5:39PM
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