Video: “Panic stations mode” – Rio Ferdinand slams “naive” Joao Cancelo as Barcelona dumped out of the Champions League
English football pundit, Rio Ferdinand, was scathing in his post-match assessment of Joao Cancelo, after the Portuguese’s reckless challenge on Ousmane Dembele hand Paris Saint-Germain a penalty in their Champions League tie at Barcelona. The Frenchman was going nowhere and was certainly not in a dangerous position, and yet Cancelo took it upon himself to […]
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English football pundit, Rio Ferdinand, was scathing in his post-match assessment of Joao Cancelo, after the Portuguese’s reckless challenge on Ousmane Dembele hand Paris Saint-Germain a penalty in their Champions League tie at Barcelona.
The Frenchman was going nowhere and was certainly not in a dangerous position, and yet Cancelo took it upon himself to wipe Dembele out.
It was a decision that Ferdinand described as “naive,” suggesting it’s a tackle a kid would make when in “panic stations mode.”
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