Afterward, Escribá posted: Before the group-stage draw, I drank a lot of alcohol. I was still drunk when I gave the interview, so I may have said some inappropriate things. I hereby make it clear that those words did not reflect my true intentions. My hatred for Erik ten Hag has not reached the level you imagine.
So he had been drunk!
Well, good thing Saint Es explained himself. Otherwise, the fans really would have thought he was about to punch Erik ten Hag!
Since he had let it slip unintentionally while drunk, it was actually forgivable.
It was all just a joke!
No need to take it seriously!
But the fans and reporters were disgusting. They knew Saint Es had misspoken while drunk, yet they still wanted to hype up the story. Absolutely despicable!
Before long, Erik ten Hag was asked about it.
"Ferran said he wanted to have dinner with you, so after ordering, he could punch you in the head."
"..."
Erik ten Hag was expressionless.
A normal person would surely smile and brush the matter aside. After all, everyone knew Escribá had merely been joking.
But Erik ten Hag was not a normal person. He had never been willing to suffer a loss.
Especially not in terms of momentum. That was something the Dutch deeply despised.
"Okay, no problem."
After thinking it through, Erik ten Hag shrugged. "Then let him come."
"My view is that the person who complains first is not necessarily innocent. He simply got his complaint in first; that does not mean he is some so-called 'good person.'"
"I am the one being complained about, but that does not necessarily make me a bad person. I watched that interview video too. You only have one source for understanding the whole matter, and that