Stupidity always strikes and fits in football. The latest victim: French striker from Hellas Verona Thomas Henry and his family. The reason ? A missed penalty against Inter Milan (2-1) in Serie A. The consequences of this miss? Death threats against the player and his family. He responded on social networks to his haters.
“To all those who think they know football better than anyone and insult my family while hoping for their death, I hope you can one day find peace in your little lives,” Henry wrote on his Instagram account.
The French striker allowed his team to equalize by scoring in the 79th minute, then, while Inter had regained the advantage in added time, he saw his penalty hit the right post of Yann Sommer, beaten .
“One day you win, one day you lose, one day you score, one day you miss, that’s the life of a football player and I am proud to have scored for the second time in my career at San Siro after a ruptured cruciate ligaments and started playing at the age of 15 at the lowest level of French football,” he recalled.