The Croatian team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup
have refused to tak to any reporters after they were photographed nude
and the photos were pasted on the internet.
The team had decided to take a pool swim after its close and referee-induced loss to Brazil, which is when the photos were taken.
The photos were snapped by over-eager photographers while hidden in some nearby bushes, who then sent them out to various media houses.
Coach Niko Kovac was furious about the press intrusion on his players’ personal naked reflection time, and has announced that none of them will be available to comment to the press for the foreseeable future.
The Guardian reports:
“I can’t force them to be at your disposal after what you have done to them and their families,” an angry Kovac told reporters in the team’s Praia do Forte training base.
“How would you feel if someone took naked pictures of you? They are adamant that they won’t speak to you lot any more and I don’t know whether the silence will end tomorrow or last until the end of our World Cup campaign.
“I respect my players’ opinion and I also know that you have done a very professional job so far but you blew it with this one. The whole world has seen the photos.”
The team had decided to take a pool swim after its close and referee-induced loss to Brazil, which is when the photos were taken.
The photos were snapped by over-eager photographers while hidden in some nearby bushes, who then sent them out to various media houses.
Coach Niko Kovac was furious about the press intrusion on his players’ personal naked reflection time, and has announced that none of them will be available to comment to the press for the foreseeable future.
The Guardian reports:
“I can’t force them to be at your disposal after what you have done to them and their families,” an angry Kovac told reporters in the team’s Praia do Forte training base.
“How would you feel if someone took naked pictures of you? They are adamant that they won’t speak to you lot any more and I don’t know whether the silence will end tomorrow or last until the end of our World Cup campaign.
“I respect my players’ opinion and I also know that you have done a very professional job so far but you blew it with this one. The whole world has seen the photos.”
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