Souleymane Diawara states apology on Ronaldo Tackle

Souleymane Diawara, Marseille defender, has stated his apologies to Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo for his tackle on him that sidelined Ronaldo for 2 months with an ankle injury. The tackle occurred on September 30th part of a Champions League match, and you can definitely notice the frustration in Diawara as he was sent off in that match picking up 2 yellow cards and felt that he needed to  apologize to Ronaldo for his previous actions as they will meet again on Tuesday in a crucial Champions League match at ‘Stade Velodrome’. Diawara went on to state the following :

“It was in the heat of the game, nothing more, I’m not a violent player, I’ve never hurt anyone,  I’ll greet him and tell him that I regret (what happened) but Ronaldo is a good person, a great footballer who knows very well that I didn’t want to hurt him.”