The controversy does not end
In Uruguay, at least they don't want to turn the page. Now it was Diego Godin who referred to what happened in the Copa America, between Gonzalo Jara and Edinson Cavani. Between Chile and Uruguay. In an interview with Ovacion, the Uruguayan captain harshly criticized the Chilean defender, but even went further. He spoke about codes of life and defended the words of Diego Lugano on social media.
Candidates to win the Cup
It is clear that now no Uruguayan wants Chile to win because of what happened, nor Argentina because it equals us in the number of cups won, but I think it's one of those two. Not because I have something against Argentines, because I don't; it's so they don't equal us and we don't want Chile to win either because of what happened. "May they never win anything!"
Jara-Cavani controversy
"It never crosses my mind to say something like that to a colleague, whether from the same team or the same country. Honestly, it doesn't come to me and I don't even point the finger there. That's why I don't share it or understand it. I was raised with different values and, beyond sports or what happens on a field, I have values in life and I can't share that kind of thing. That's it, nothing more.
Lugano's criticism to Jara
"He acted with his heart, as any other Uruguayan would have acted in that moment. When things like that happen, which go beyond sports, it becomes personal and about codes of life. I know those things have always existed, I have talked about it with veterans and even with "Tota"."
Codes in modern football
"Before, those things happened but then they would come looking for you in the locker room or at your house. Those things happened on and off the field. And that does not happen nowadays. "Tota" put it on Twitter, but one never knows the turns of life and you can encounter each other anywhere. When you cross certain limits on the field, you have to take responsibility for the consequences outside. And it's not a threat."