Rodri thought nobody was listening 🎙️
The cameras from ‘El Día Después’ caught him on the Mestalla bench, having just been substituted, talking to Pau Cubarsí while Barcelona were dismantling Valencia. There he let slip the phrase that went viral: “Very poor, mate. They’re very bad, they’re terribly bad”. The match ended 5-0, with a brace from Lamine Yamal and goals from Fermín López, Raphinha and Pedri, in front of 47.319 people who watched their team sink to the bottom of LaLiga.
Following the Champions League match in which Barça beat Feyenoord 5-1, Rodri came out to clarify the situation, saying the following: “When someone makes a mistake, they have to come out and apologize. I want to apologize to everyone who may have felt offended, players and fans of Valencia. It was an expression of surprise; I never meant to make fun of or take out of context any bad moment for a team”.