Jack Grealish has caused a stir after an old tweet from the Manchester City winger surfaced. The tweet, dated April 23, 2014, reads ‘Hala Madrid!!!’. The message ends with four Spanish flags. The attacker decided to remove the message from the web immediately after the painful elimination in the semi-finals of the Champions League. However, observant fans have already ensured that the message is currently going viral.
City was painfully kicked out of the Champions League on Wednesday evening. Josep Guardiola’s team lost a lead in the last minutes of regular time, after which Benzema ensured that the curtain fell for the English superpower through a penalty in extra time. Grealish had to swallow a bitter pill after the elimination, as an old tweet from the attacker was discovered. After the semi-final, fans were eager to stir up the message, after which the winger decided to quickly remove it from his Twitter profile.
† Jack Grealish, 2014 yilinda attigi bu tweeti sildi. † pic.twitter.com/f98oMAszoJ
— A Spor (@aspor) May 5, 2022
At the time of the England international’s message, Real Madrid also played in the semi-finals of the Champions League. At the time, the Madrilenians won 1-0 against Bayern Munich, after which they humiliated the Germans on their own field a week later: 0-4. Grealish, then still a player of Aston Villa, made no secret of which Champions League finalist he was hoping for at the time. On Wednesday evening, after Bayern, it was Grealish’s turn to be eliminated in the semi-final of the billion-dollar ball by Los Blancos† The attacker, who has scored one goal in the Champions League this season, took a 0-1 lead in the team in the 78th minute as a replacement for Gabriel Jesus. However, after his return, the Englishman saw things go completely wrong for his team.
Arsène Wenger watched the match as an analyst for beIN SPORTS and was unimpressed with the Englishman’s play. “If you look at the 1-1, where Grealish faces Camavinga, he is easily passed. Way too easy. He has to do everything he can to stop that cross pass.” Camavinga sent a cross pass to Benzema, who appeared at the far post and was able to pass the ball. Rodrygo was then able to score the equalizer from close by, after which it became 2-1 a minute later via the same Rodrygo. With Camavinga’s cross pass to his compatriot, Grealish put no pressure on the young midfielder and watched from a few yards away as the cross pass could be given.