January 1995.

Matthew Simmonds

, a

Crystal Palace

fan

, insults and lashes out at the always controversial

Eric Cantona

, then a

Manchester City

player

.

At one point Éric Cantona loses his nerves and throws a kick that has been soccer history ever since.

Nine months of sanction and a brand that Cantona could never get rid of.

The supporter insulted the Frenchman when he left the pitch after being sent off in the second half.

"Go back to France with your fucking mother, you bastard,"

she snapped on her way to the locker room.

Cantona

could not contain himself and released what is arguably the most famous flying kick in football.

That attack cost

Éric Cantona

9 months of sanction and 120 hours of social services.

However, for the player it meant much more.

Nine months of hiatus in his sports career and the stigma of being a problem player.

Today, 26 years after that attack,

Éric Cantona

not only does not regret it but confesses without hesitation that not only would he repeat it but also regrets "not having kicked him harder."

This is what he affirms in the film

The United Way

, of which he is the narrator and co-author.

"I have been insulted thousands of times and I have never reacted, but sometimes you are fragile (...) I regret something. I would have loved to kick him even harder." I was suspended without playing for nine months.

They used me to set an example, "she says.

"It was a friendly, but the photographer was on top of a tree outside and took the photo. Unfortunately, it did not fall. The next day it was in the newspapers and the FA wanted to expel me for even more months," recalls

Cantona

himself

.

"Other teams would have fired me ... That's the difference between United and the others," he says, while praising the role of

Alex Ferguson

, his coach at the time: "He always loved me and respected me. Like a father" .

In addition, Cantona does not hesitate to talk about the reactions after that attack and the difficulties that he began to have with

the press and fans after his violent action.

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