{"id":886,"date":"2025-03-18T19:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/?p=886"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:20:22","slug":"why-spain-number-one-unai-simon-refused-to-speak-to-journalist-after-what-happened-between-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/why-spain-number-one-unai-simon-refused-to-speak-to-journalist-after-what-happened-between-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Spain number one Unai Simon refused to speak to journalist \u2013 \u2018After what happened between us\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Athletic Club and Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon was put up by the Spanish national team for the press, but made headlines for the one question that he decided not to answer. A previous run-in with Onda Cero\u2019s Fernando Burgos at Euro 2024 was behind his decision not to do so.<\/p>\n

Simon was answering questions from the assembled media at Spain\u2019s Las Rozas base when Burgos asked whether it was necessary to have a sporting director for the national team. However Simon rebuffed him, as quoted by Relevo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFernando, with all due respect, to our colleagues and everyone else, after what happened between us at the Euros, I\u2019m not going to answer any of your questions, okay?\u201d<\/p>\n

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“Fernando, with all due respect, to our colleagues and everyone, after what happened between us at the Euros, I’m not going to answer any of your questions, okay?”#AthleticClub<\/a>‘s Unai Simon today refused to answer a question due to a previous run-in.pic.twitter.com\/0urBxS8CSj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Football Espa\u00f1a (@footballespana_) March 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Their history goes back to the Euros in Germany, when La Roja had narrowly come out on top of die Mannschaft, beating them 2-1 in the quarter-finals. Burgos put the following question to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve never beaten a host country before. On top of that, at their home, and with football that I don\u2019t know if you expected it, which was terribly dirty.\u201d Mistaking the comment as being about Spain\u2019s performance, Simon questioned that statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid I say anything about you or about you all? Do you think I am capable of saying that Spain played dirty football? I think that because they\u2019ve had nine yellow cards and injured Pedri,\u201d responds Burgos.<\/p>\n

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IMPERDIBLE!!! Unai Sim\u00f3n acaba de humillar a un periolisto que ha intentado echar mierda a Alemania en zona mixta dando una lecci\u00f3n de deportividad y saber ganar\u2026 Chapeau\"\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\"\"\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\"\"\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\"\"\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\"\"\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\" #EURO2024<\/a> #VivaEspa\u00f1a<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/jvZtENV1WT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 DaNi SouSa (@dsousamalandra) July 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI\u2019m surprised that you\u2019d say that even about them. I don\u2019t think they played dirty. We didn\u2019t stop the game when Kroos was having problems. Later on, we did put the ball out because Nacho was in trouble, and Kroos gave it back to us. That\u2019s an example of what Toni is and what Germany is. I think it\u2019s very harsh words to say it was a dirty game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simon, clearly miffed with the question, then moved on in the mix zone. Burgos however, did not. Later on in the broadcast, Burgos would go on to insult Simon for his response, calling the Spain number one \u2018pathetic\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Peor que esto es lo que le dice Fernando Burgos de Unai Sim\u00f3n cuando ya no est\u00e1 delante de \u00e9l: \u201cEs un marciano, no puede venir con esa actitud, me da rabia hacerle preguntas a este tipo de gente. Es lamentable, pat\u00e9tico, que no venga m\u00e1s por aqu\u00ed que no quiero ni verlo\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/4PVuGHVUxp<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WVQm8KjrmQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jesus (@JesusMalaga) July 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a martian and he can\u2019t come here with that attitude. It makes me angry to ask questions to these kinds of people. It\u2019s pathetic and regrettable. He shouldn\u2019t come here anymore. I don\u2019t even want to see him,\u201d Burgos commented.<\/p>\n

The other comment of note from Simon\u2019s press conference ahead of their Nations League clash with the Netherlands was about former Athletic teammate Inigo Martinez. After being diagnosed with a knee injury, the Barcelona defender pulled out of the Spain squad<\/a>, yet there has been talk that he did not want to attend the games.<\/p>\n

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Image via Marca \/ Francesc Adelantado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t spoken to him, but I think it\u2019s wrong to doubt a player like Inigo Martinez,\u201d Simon explained. \u201cIf the club has issued a medical report saying he\u2019s injured, it\u2019s disrespectful to ignore the player and it puts in question Barcelona\u2019s medical team. He really wanted to come here, but he couldn\u2019t because of his injury. It\u2019s a lack of respect that a teammate doesn\u2019t deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it was, Bournemouth\u2019s Dean Huijsen was called up from the under-21 squad<\/a> to take Martinez\u2019s place. The 33-year-old has been in fine form for the Blaugrana, and played a key role in their 4-2 victory over Atletico Madrid on Sunday night. Spain face the Netherlands in Rotterdam on Thursday night at 20:45 CEST in the first leg of their quarter-final.<\/p>\n

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Athletic Club and Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon was put up by the Spanish national team for the press, but made headlines for the one question that he decided not to answer. A previous run-in with Onda Cero\u2019s Fernando Burgos at Euro 2024 was behind his decision not to do so. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":889,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions\/889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}