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Published on: 1/15/2008
Last Visited: 10/16/2008
The resolution of the dispute between Aouate and Munúa has left more questions than answers.
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Later on Monday, Lotina gave his version of the story, while Aouate told the opposite thing a few minutes later.
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Here is where the first contradiction appears, because Aouate told to reporters that Munúa came and hit him without any reason, but the Uruguayan told a different story on Monday, according to him, both players were searching for the fight: "We went out for each other, we even weren't close to each other when the things started."
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Journalist Germán Dobarro affirmed that Aouate was criticising the tactics of the coach during internal conversations with the rest of the players, an act that was described by the reporter as an 'intoxication' inside the squad.
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But Lotina confessed that Aouate was reclaiming to him a starting role in the squad, as the same coach said: "He told me: I want to be a starter yes or yes.
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Later Dudu Aouate came out and refused this situation, declarations that he gave to the same Radio Cadena Ser "In my whole life I have requested something like that to any coach" was his response.
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Asked about the fact that the suspension over him was arranged between Lotina and the captains in the squad, Aouate replied with this comment "I was captain at Santander, a place where the captain was chosen for the same players, not like here where the captain is chosen for the time they spent in the club."
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The squad had a free day on Tuesday and will resume the trainings on Wednesday, Aouate and Munúa will train separately, because as Lotina decided, in order to see them back in the team, they should talk between them and they should give apologies to each other and the fans, a fact that Munúa already did.
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Maybe the most disturbing thing is to realise that the dispute inside the team is not only between Aouate and Munúa, but also between the Israeli player and coach Lotina.