MOSCOW, January 25 Head coach of Union Berlin Nenad Bjelica, who hit Bayern midfielder Leroy Sane, said he does not intend to apologize to the footballer.
On Thursday, Bayern beat Union at home (1:0) in the postponed match of the 13th round of the German championship. In the 75th minute, Bjelica was sent off for hitting Sane in the face as he tried to take the ball from the coach.
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"This cannot be tolerated. I will only apologize to my team, but not to Sane. He approaches me to provoke me. Of course, I didn’t react the way a coach should react. “I have nothing to add,” Bild quoted Bjelica as saying.
The footballer himself said that he does not hold a grudge against the coach.
“»I just wanted to quickly pick up the ball to start a new attack, after which the situation escalated a little, he grabbed my face. I don’t hold a grudge when such cases happen, I’ve already forgotten about it. I understand that he was emotional after the episode in our penalty area,” said Sane.