
Neritan Novi categorically denies hitting the player he is part of the team, Albi Selimaj. The coach of Gjirokastri of Butrint yesterday told " Panorama Sport " the whole genesis of the fight, from the intervention of an attacker from Chile to the blow he received in the tunnel.
" This is a story where I am very calm and clean from everything that is alluded to in the portals related to my name. The only truth of this event is what I will tell you. A person who works in one of the local portals here in Saranda acted as a mediator to bring a striker from Chile to Butrinti, for whom we agreed to be tested and then a decision was made whether he would stay or not.
However, after seeing the footballer, we decided that he did not work for us for what we are looking for in the attacking department. As a club, we have removed all expenses for the days of stay here. While the person who brought him has kept his anger from the fact that we didn't keep him, claiming that he had paid half of the ticket. In the friendly match with Memaliaj, I did not include the attacker from Chile in the lineup, as I was going to try other players, while I was held accountable for this. However, after the break of the first half with the score 2-0, as we were entering the tunnel, the player I have in the team, Albi Selimaj, came to me, directly influenced by the person who had brought the attacker from Chile ", said Novi first.
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But how did the 21-year-old Selimaj get into this story? Butrint's coach gives this explanation for what happened in the tunnel. " Selimaj asked me to explain why I did not activate it and I told him calmly, to expect that we would communicate later on this matter. With insistence, the player was telling me that 'I want clarification now'. It was not a pretty scene, because the fans present in the stadium were also watching. At this moment, I go down the stairs that lead to the dressing room and meanwhile Selimaj approaches me with his brother, who punched me directly.
From that moment, the player and his brother did not know where they entered and where they came out, as there was real chaos in the tunnel. However, this did not happen from Novi, who is the victim in this story, but from the fans who, after seeing the scene, came and got inside. That's all, and I take full responsibility that I didn't hit anyone. While I was hit, both the player Selimaj and his brother. The truth is this and fortunately, there are cameras in the premises where the fight took place, since we are inside the stadium.
The people who published this story against me, advertised it on portals and then deleted it from the page that bears the name of Butrint, but which does not belong to the club. Forget that I might have hit the player. What should I hit for, it's crazy. Go and report, I am clean in this story. None of those who were there have a chance to say that I touched them with my hand, while I was attacked while doing my duty ", declared Novi./Panorama Sport
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