the amazing scene of Ben Yedder throwing off his jersey and going back to the locker room (with a funny excuse)
The victory of AS Monaco on the lawn of OGC Nice, this Sunday in Ligue 1 (0-1), was signaled by a surprising sequence with Wissam Ben Yedder. Left on the bench, the Blues striker suddenly returned to the locker room at the end of the second period. Before explaining himself with his trainer Philippe Clément at the final whistle.
Fifteen minutes from the end, Wissam Ben Yedder suddenly got up from the bench, before taking off his flocked number 10 jersey, throwing it to the ground and heading to the Allianz Rivera locker room. The closed face.
What create some discomfort during the derby between Nice and Monaco, this Sunday, during the sixth day of Ligue 1 (1-0). Substitute for this poster between neighbors in the south-east, the French international (19 caps, three goals) seemed annoyed in the middle of his teammates.
After leaving the sidelines with a black tank top covering his upper torso, Ben Yedder returned moments later in a light purple t-shirt (like the color of the ASM shirt). He then resumed his place on the bench. Still looking upset.
At the final whistle, the 32-year-old striker had a verbal explanation with Philippe Clément. The Belgian coach seemed to want to deliver his attacker, surrounding him with his arms, without much success. Ben Yedder answered him by training with big gestures.
“Wissam had to go to the toilet”
Asked about it in the post-match conference, Clément tried to minimize the incident. With a rather amazing excuse. “My staff told me that Wissam had to go to the bathroom. After the match, I saw him celebrating with his teammates and our supporters. There is nothing at all with Wissam Ben Yedder”, said the Belgian coach , admitting not having seen the images of his player throwing his jersey on the ground and returning to the locker room.
The Monegasque coach then justified his choice to leave the former Sevilla player on the bench in the lair of the Gym: “We needed a different style of play today. And then, last season, when Wissam played every three days, he didn’t score many goals. He will play Thursday (on the lawn of Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League, editor’s note), it’s simple (…) It’s a rotation like with De Bruyne or Mahrez (at Manchester City), like in all the big clubs. We want to have Wissam 100% on every action, that’s how it is”. the start of the season, Ben Yedder has since repeated five ASM matches (in all competitions). By scoring once.