December 04, (THEWILL) – Brazil has denounced the “haters” who have been circulating “evil lies” and “fake news” over the injury sustained by forward, Gabriel Jesus, during their match against Cameroon.
It has been confirmed that Arsenal’s Jesus and Alex Telles of Sevilla will both miss the remainder of the World Cup due to knee injuries sustained in Friday’s loss to Cameroon. It is a knock for the English Premier League side because the 25-year-old Jesus, who has been essential to their success this season, could be out for up to three months.
Additionally, there have been rumours that Jesus initially experienced an issue prior to playing against Cameroon, but Tite vehemently refuted these reports in his press conference prior to Monday’s match with South Korea.
The coach said: “I don’t like hearing lies, evil lies, those [come from] the people who want to do bad things for others. At no time whatsoever do we play for victory at the risk of peril for a player, so the liars that are out there, the haters, who keep giving hate, go and do something else and stop giving fake news.
“Arsenal have a great medical department, we have a great medical department. We are responsible, ethical. It’s a shame, very sorry for Gabriel. [On Saturday] we had Neymar, Thiago [Silva] and Marquinhos chatting with him and then Telles.
“We then added [assistant coach] Cesar [Sampaio] who has also had this experience. It was not to take the pain away but just to make them feel better, strengthen them and for them to be able to participate as much as possible.”
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