{"id":294145,"date":"2023-11-16T00:09:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294145"},"modified":"2023-11-16T00:09:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:09:20","slug":"spurs-ace-cristian-romero-sets-record-straight-on-fernandez-bad-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/spurs-ace-cristian-romero-sets-record-straight-on-fernandez-bad-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs ace Cristian Romero sets record straight on Fernandez ‘bad blood’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tottenham star Cristian Romero has insisted there is no bad blood between him and Argentina team-mate Enzo Fernandez following his horror tackle on the Chelsea ace a fortnight ago. Romero was sent off for a lunging tackle on Fernandez during Spurs\u2019 4-1 defeat by the Blues on November 6.<\/p>\n

In a chaotic game, Romero\u2019s was one of two red cards as Spurs collapsed. The defender was fortunate not to be dismissed earlier in the first half after appearing to kick out at Moises Caicedo.<\/p>\n

But Romero did then see red for a terrible tackle on international colleague Fernandez, a challenge which conceded the penalty from which Cole Palmer equalised. Red cards for Romero and Destiny Udogie saw the north Londoners ultimately thrashed 4-1.<\/p>\n

Fernandez was visibly hurt by the tackle but Romero insists that the pair are on talking terms.\u201cAlways happy and happy to return to the national team, what I love the most and what I enjoy so much,\u201d the 25-year-old told El Doce.<\/p>\n

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Asked if there was any \u2018bad blood\u2019, he responded: \u201cObviously everything is fine. They are things that happen in the game, they remain there, always.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referee Michael Oliver initially waved away Chelsea\u2019s protestations about Romero\u2019s tackle. However, a VAR intervention persuaded the official to award a penalty and a red card.<\/p>\n

PGMOL chief Howard Webb explained that although Romero appeared to win the ball, his follow through, which caught Fernandez high above the ankle, was enough for the officials to believe he had committed serious foul play.<\/p>\n