Red Bull Salzburg forced into grovelling apology after video of coach calling Sevilla ‘Spanish w***ers’ emerges
RED BULL SALZBURG have been forced into releasing a grovelling statement after a video of a coach calling Sevilla ‘Spanish w***ers’ emerged.
The Austrian side beat Sevilla to reach the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time in their history at the expense of the LaLiga giants on Wednesday night.
Noah Okafor scored the second-half winner for Salzburg to spark wild celebrations in the dressing room.
After the game, Okafor live-streamed the party, with sport psychologist Ulf Hafelinger delivering a rousing speech.
However, at one stage the 36-year-old coach was heard calling Sevilla ‘Spanish w***ers’.
The live-stream was quickly picked up and shared around social media, to huge uproar.
And Salzburg were quick to apologise for the outburst with a statement on Twitter.
The club’s official account wrote: “In the emotion of what was for us such an extraordinary success, words were uttered that should not have been.
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“Today we played against a strong and fair opponent to whom we sincerely apologize for the choice of words.”
Finishing their post in Spanish, Salzburg added: “Sorry.”
Salzburg later shared the clip of the dressing-room celebration – but cut the passage involving Hafelinger’s X-rated rant.
The Austrian’s were up against it at home to Sevilla, finishing with just 33 per cent of possession.
Sevilla huffed and puffed with 11 shots on the Salzburg goal but were unable to trouble the scorers.
It meant Salzburg finished second in Group G, with Sevilla forced to slip into the Europa League.
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