Marcus Thuram's spit, last weekend, surprised everyone.
But to the one that more, to his father, Lilian, world champion with France and former player of Monaco, Parma, Juventus and Barcelona.
"Is he really my son?", He came to ask when he saw his son spit at Hoffenheim defender Stefan Posch.
"What is happening in the media is completely understandable. I was very surprised myself," explained Lilian Thuram at RCI.
"After what happened, he explained to me that he was enraged with rage. Then he insulted the rival and, without really doing it on purpose, the saliva ended up coming out," he explained.
Marcus Thuram was suspended for six games by the German Football Association (DFB) and fined 150,000 euros (one month without pay) by his club, Borussia Mönchengladbach.
"He wants people to remember that it was something involuntary. He says to himself: 'Dad, I don't want people to think that I'm capable of voluntarily spitting on someone because it doesn't make sense,'" adds the player's father.
"When he got the red card, the first person he called when he went to the locker room was his little brother. He said, 'Képhren, I didn't do it on purpose, I assure you.
He was screaming, he was pissed off, he was angry and the saliva came out by itself. "I think it is normal for him to be punished because in fact it is a gesture that should not exist on the football field," he concluded.
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