Salzburg’s celebration got out of hand after beating Sevilla FC 1-0 and certifying their pass to the knockout stages of the Champions League as the first Austrian team in history.
The club shared through its networks a video in which Ulf Häfelfinger, mental coach of the team sponsored by Red Bull, had a most emotional talk in the locker room in which he even insulted the Nervionense team.
You can clearly hear how Häfelfinger names Sevilla as the last rival of Salzburg and, immediately afterwards, labels the members of the Seville squad as “Spanish wankers”.
The video, in which the member of the technical staff highlights the work of the players when it comes to achieving second place in the group to move forward in the maximum continental competition, soon went viral and caused the rejection of the majority of the players. users.
For this reason, it did not take long for Salzburg to apologize publicly for Häfelfinger’s crack. “In the excitement of our extraordinary success, words were said that should not have been said. Today we played against a strong and correct opponent, to whom we want to apologize for these words. Excuse me!”, Dictated the statement issued by Salzburg through its Twitter account.