{"id":988,"date":"2026-10-24T22:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T22:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/la-liga-alvarez-apologises-to-atletico-madrid-fans-for-world-cup-comments\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T22:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T22:32:20","slug":"la-liga-alvarez-apologises-to-atletico-madrid-fans-for-world-cup-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/la-liga-alvarez-apologises-to-atletico-madrid-fans-for-world-cup-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"La Liga: \u00c1lvarez apologises to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid fans for World Cup comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"43.265834076717\">\n<p>Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez has publicly apologised to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid supporters for remarks he made during the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Movistar after scoring the winning goal in Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s 1-0 victory over Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a on Saturday, the Argentine forward said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to apologise to our fans for my words during the World Cup. They were a mistake. Both the way I said them and the timing. Especially because I understand why the fans were angry. I would have been angry too if I were a fan.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00c1lvarez added that the supporters had been \u201cvery generous\u201d despite the controversy and thanked his teammates for their backing.<\/p>\n<p>He said he is gradually feeling better both physically and on the pitch and is ready to compete for everything with the club.<\/p>\n<p>The comments in question came when \u00c1lvarez expressed that playing for Barcelona was a dream, which sparked tension with Atl\u00e9tico fans during the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"13.525423728814\">\n                                                                <b><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/author\/gekugbe\">Gilbert Ekugbe<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gilbert Ekugbe is a journalist at Punch Newspapers with over a decade of experience reporting on business and economic affairs. He covers markets, corporate developments, finance, and Nigeria\u2019s broader economic landscape. His reporting is informed by extensive newsroom experience and a strong commitment to accuracy and responsible journalism, helping readers understand complex business issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#0e7a666b6b6a677a617c4e7e7b606d666069206d6163\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"a2d6cac7c7c6cbd6cdd0e2d2d7ccc1caccc58cc1cdcf\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez has publicly apologised to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid supporters for remarks he made during the 2026 World Cup. Speaking to Movistar after scoring the winning goal in Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s 1-0 victory&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}