"I wanted to be here because there was so much talk, even more than I imagined. I waited a few days to review what happened, to understand how it differed from what I experienced. The contact on my arm was accentuated, I'm here to admit it ."
Alessandro Bastoni spoke to Sky about his first comments after Kalulu's expulsion (and the resulting controversy) during Inter-Juventus.
Mea culpa also for the excessive celebration after the red card was waved in the Juventus player's face: "The thing that most disappoints me," added the Inter defender, "is the subsequent behavior. I'm here because every human being has the right to make mistakes and must admit it."
However, Bastoni continues, "I noticed so much falsehood, so much hypocrisy, and so much false respectability. Instead, I thank those who told the truth. The truth is, Bastoni was wrong."
"I'll always be the same Bastoni. In over 300 games, I was involved in a similar incident just on Saturday. I've learned to manage everything; I'll be the same Bastoni. Human beings should have the right to make mistakes, but also the duty to acknowledge them. That's why I'm here ."
If the controversy has affected him: "No, I'm exposed and accustomed to the media pillorying, as the president rightly called it, but I'm capable of handling it. I'm sorry for my wife and daughter, who were wished ill and threatened with death ."
(Unioneonline)