Abel Ferreira is caught taking cell phone from journalist's hand and video goes viral

From the Itatiaia radio images, it is possible to see that the technician tries to erase the footage, but realizes that the action was also being recorded by another press team, so he returns the device. See the video:

YOU CANNOT, PROFESSOR! 😳🥺 Abel Ferreira argued with reporters and took one of their cell phones after recording moments of complaints against the arbitration. A club director was arguing with a member of the refereeing team when the Palmeiras commander arrived and did this... pic.twitter.com/7NZr9QGcUq

— TNT Sports BR (@TNTSportsBR) May 29, 2023

The lines that follow after the coach is caught are almost inaudible, but according to the report on the Itatiaia radio website, Abel Ferreira said that “Brazilian football is like this because of your responsibility”, pointing to the Itatitaia journalist 😯.

Abel Ferreira's name continues to be among the most talked about topics on Twitter this Monday morning (29).

Positioning of the coach and Palmeiras after the incident

The Palmeiras coach apologized for having exceeded, in a press conference after the event and said that “things that happen”.

The Portuguese also said: “before starting the press conference, I would like to make a clarification, since everyone here likes to turn a glass of water into a storm. There was confusion in the tunnel between our sporting director and one of the assistant referees, and there was a reporter filming everything, I apologize if I went too far. This is football, there are things that the press doesn't have to know, these are things that happen in football, I wanted to clarify before this turns into a storm.”

The whole mess occurred because of a goal from Palmeiras – by bicycle – which was disallowed after consultation with the VAR. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

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