A Frenchman second in the world had to apologize for running away to watch the NBA instead of accompanying his team

Aurélien TchouameniReal Madrid’s French midfielder had to apologize on his social media this Thursday after his trip to Paris to watch the NBA game between the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons live, at the time when his club was playing the Copa del Rey against Villarreal.

“I apologize to my club, the coaching staff, my teammates and the Real Madrid fans for my presence at an event at a time when we were playing in the Cup. I was always attentive to what was happening at the Villarreal, but I didn’t do the right thing. I’m very sorry” Tchouameni wrote on his official Twitter account.

The French midfielder, one of the players in Didier Deschamps’ team that lost the World Cup final in Qatar against Lionel Messi’s Argentina -and who missed a shot on penalties-, was absent from La Cerámica due to a muscle injury to the soleus, which will also prevent him from playing on Sunday in San Mamés against Athletic Club in LaLiga.

The NBA in Paris

In front of the young promises of French basketball Victor Wembanyama, who from the sidelines saw some of the players he will face next season, Zach LaVine scored 30 points, and the Chicago Bulls were never behind on Thursday in Paris, to defeat the Detroit Pistons 126-108.

DeMar DeRozan added 26 points for the Bulls, while Nikola Vucevic finished with 16 points, 15 rebounds and six assists.

Bojan Bogdanovic led the Pistons with 25 points. Killian Hayes, the only French player on both teams’ rosters, added four points for the Pistons, going 2-for-13 team.

How did it go with Real Madrid? El Merengue who had just lost the Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona managed to come from behind from 2-0 against Villarreal this Thursday in the second half led by a superb second half substitute Dani Ceballos participated in the goals by Vinicius junior and Eder Militao and scored the tiebreaker to cancel out early goals from Etienne Capoue and Samu Chukwueze and thus qualify for the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey.

Hayes led the game with eight assists.

Hamidou Diallo had 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting for the Pistons. Saddiq Bey and Jaden Ivey each scored 16.

The game capped off several days of NBA festivities in France. Both ensembles have attended clinics, sightseeing with a visit to the Eiffel Tower, attended lavish dinners, and even attended a private performance for the Pistons at the Paris Opera House.

Wembanyama and his family took their courtside chairs about 15 minutes before the game. When fans saw him on the big screens in the arena in the second period, the young basketball player cheered and smiled.

Source: EFE and AP