Last Monday, March 27th, Peruvian fans gathered in front of the hotel where the Peru team stayed in Spain to hold a flag ahead of the international match against Morocco. In between, there were clashes between the footballers of “Blanquirroja” and the Spanish police. during the argument, Some players were attacked by Spanish agents including Álex Valera, Pedro Gallese and Yoshimar Yotúndrawn by the Madrid police. In this sense, after the friendly match between “Bicolor” and the Moroccan team, Yotún was consulted on the incident and shared details about what happened. He also assured that everything was a misunderstanding and that they do not encourage violence.
“We made a lot of flags everywhere and nothing like this has ever happened. I don’t want to blame the police but there is a confusion. I think there is a misunderstanding, I don’t know if they mistook me for a fan. but it’s things of seconds that you react badly to, make a bad decision and that’s what happens,” he hinted for the cameras of Movistar Deportes’ El Camerino program.
Yotún was one of the first players to have an altercation with the police officers. Even on the published pictures it can be seen that the brawl starts on the side where he was with Pedro Gallese. The Sporting Cristal player He reported that one of the police officers pushed him hard and made it clear that there was a mix-up.
“First one (police) comes, he puts his arm on me and I tell him that we just said hello and we weren’t going any further. Then the other one comes and everyone arrogantly pushes me and I also push him with no intention of fighting. I am not like that and we’re not violent selection either. It was more of a confusion than any other thing,” he claimed.
The national team midfielder also stressed that the Peruvian team was not prepared to use violence. “We do not encourage violence, we are not violent selection and there are things that are out of our hands,” he concluded.