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rice on the red card: harsh penalties are part of football, i want to apologize to my teammates and fans

2024-09-01

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live bar, september 1st, in the third round of the premier league, arsenal drew 1-1 with brighton at home. rice was sent off after receiving two yellow cards. after the game, rice accepted an interview with arsenal's official website and talked about the red card.

about that decision

"i was shocked, i think you can see from my face how shocked i was. obviously he (the referee) made the decision... but i didn't run in front of veltman and slam the ball away. i just touched the ball with the outside of my foot. but you see, that's the law of the game. if you touch the ball, even if it's just a little bit."

"considering the foul i got in the first half, it was a 50-50 challenge and i didn't win, i accept the yellow card. but the one in the second half, especially around the corner, they couldn't really get far from there. it was a harsh call, it was harsh, but it's part of football.

i have to move on from this and i will be better for it. i can only give credit to my teammates for trying their best for me, the coach, who encouraged everyone, and the fans, who were incredibly supportive again this afternoon. that's how i look at it."

--keep going

"i think this should be the first time i've been sent off in my career, so i first want to apologize to my teammates and also to the fans. it always feels bad to be sent off and you feel a sense of guilt. i was lucky today and my teammates really helped me and we didn't lose the game. i will learn from it and thank the fans for their continued support."

"i'm not someone who gets easily red cards by nature, so i will learn from it and see what i can do better, and then i will come back stronger. i believe that everyone in this team, including myself, has only one goal, and that is to succeed. we will continue to work hard. i know it's hard, and it's hard for me, but we will become stronger. we also know that we will face a series of difficult games after the international match day, but we will be ready. please continue to support us, your support is very important to us."