Basketball
Hezonja stood up to one of the umpires and challenged him: “Don’t threaten me…”
Mario Hezonja The Croatian forward from Real Madrid is one of the Endesa Liga’s most talented players, but he also undoubtedly has the following qualities: One of the most difficult characters in the competition.
And yesterday he once again gave us both the first example and, above all, the second.
During the final quarter of the second match of the Endesa League final between Real Madrid and UCAM Murcia. The Croatian player got into a scuffle with Latvia’s Rodion Kurci over a rebound.
Both players spent several minutes battling for the ball,The referee signaled a foul by a player from the Murcia team.
right now, Hezonja released his arm to take the pressure off Kurci. He then marched towards the offensive zone, clearly angry.
In response to this attitude, one of the match referees said,Antonio Conde, comments addressed to the Madrid players They then began a conversation that lasted a few seconds, during which it seemed like this: He asks you to calm down or you will be called for a technical foul.
Instead of remaining calm and silent in response to this comment, Hezonja gave him something unexpected. “Don’t threaten me, don’t threaten me…” It was clearly caught on camera.
Surprisingly, or maybe not so surprisingly, the referee paid no attention to the Croatian’s rude comments and play continued as if nothing had happened.
Keep going, keep going…
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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