This article contains adult content that may be inappropriate for minors. Please confirm that you are 18 years or older to continue. This article contains images or details that some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. Abdelkabir Abqar received a red card in the 56th minute during the match between Atlético de Madrid and Getafe, which played the last half hour with ten players. The Moroccan center-back came under fire after he pinched Sorloth in the lower regions while the game was stopped. The VAR alerted the referee to Abqar's touch, who apologized at the end of the match: "I want to make it clear that I did not intend to touch that area of the player. In football, there is contact; we bump into each other, but it never crossed my mind to touch him there. In the video, it is clear that I was not looking to touch him in that area." "I swear I didn't think about touching him; I just wanted the collision, as happens normally. That was not my intention. If you watch the video, I am not looking at him, and my hand is trying to touch him on the stomach, as I do on other occasions when I touch the opponent to know where he is. I swear on my family that I didn't want to touch him there," Abqar reiterated. The center-back did not hide his dismay at having left Getafe short-handed for the last half hour of the match: "I couldn't talk to the referee or the coach. I'm upset for leaving the team with ten players, and I'm upset for leaving this image."
Abdelkabir Abqar The Moroccan remains central to this story.
Abdelkabir Abqar The Moroccan remains central to this story.
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