By Niki Bakouli/ bakouli@eurohoops.net
He was the talk of Europe for the wrong reasons and he finally talked himself. From Madrid, Real’s star Rudy Fernandez speak about the attack on him in Kaunas and wished that such incidents will not happen again.
As he said through the official site of Real Madrid: “I am fine. Thank God things did not go further. I have to say thanks for the support of everyone that has contacted me through social networks and private messages. I am not enjoying this; people have to know that basketball cannot get dirty this way. Things like this don’t have to happen again. I think that people should not think that all Lithuanian fans are like that just because of these two people. Not at all. In the game, as always in all games, there was some tension, but I was respected at all times, which is the most important thing. This happened because of these two and that’s the image I keep. Something worse could have happened; I hope it never happens again. I hope [the media] respect me a bit because I am struggling, but I would like to thank those who have supported me and will carry on supporting me.”