‘He will regret what he did against Real Madrid’ – Rio Ferdinand slams Chelsea player
The Blues expected a miracle to go through to the Champions League semi-final, having lost the first leg 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.
However, Chelsea were 3-0 up as at 75 minutes, and through to the semi-final if the scores remain same. Unfortunately, the Blues would concede an 80th minute goal to Rodrygo, before losing the game in extra time.
At full time, Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger who scored the second goal was inconsolable.
Real Madrid defender David Alaba went to put his arms around Rudiger and say a few words to console him, but the German international pushed away the former Bayern Munich man and stormed off, screaming and yelling before dropping to his knees. He also refused to speak with other players.
Reacting to the footage of Rudiger pushing away Alaba, Ferdinand claimed Rudiger overreacted, and he’d regret his actions when he has calmed down.
He said on BT Sport: “It’s emotional, man. And I don’t think he’d necessarily want to react like that or see those pictures.
“But the feeling there you can’t control it. We’ve all been there after big games, I’ve said and done things that you regret, you think: ‘that’s not me, that’s not my normal personality’. But this is what football means to people.”
He continued: “If you see changing rooms after games… imagine that changing room there. There will be things going flying.
“I hit walls, I ended up kicking people at times! I got done at Chelsea kicking someone by accident, you don’t mean it you just lose your head, you don’t mean anything by it.
“But I like to see that because that’s the emotion, there’s a care and a desire to win and they know what it means and how close they were.”