Kevin De Bruyne Gets in Feud with Journalist After Euro 2024 Elimination

The Red Devils were eliminated on Monday night at the European Championship after a narrow loss to France (1-0). Afterwards, several players could hardly hide their disappointment. So did Kevin De Bruyne, who actually got into a fight with a well-known journalist.

Against France, De Bruyne was initially played in a more defensive role. However, that turned out not to be the best move. The playmaker had to focus mainly on his defensive tasks. In addition, there were far too few runs up front to benefit from his excellent passing.

After a good hour of play, national coach Domenico Tedesco decided to intervene and let KDB play higher. In that role, he almost crowned himself the hero of the nation. But his long-range shot was saved by Mike Maignan, after which the French still won the match.

Inappropriate question

Afterwards, the disappointment was great. This became apparent at his press conference afterwards. Tancredi Palmieri, a well-known Italian journalist with almost 225,000 followers on ‘X’, asked, for example, whether ‘it hurt that a ‘Golden Generation’ did not reach the final again’.

De Bruyne then asked to clarify the term ‘Golden Generation’. “Yours”, Palmeri replied. “And so you think that France, Spain, England, Germany, … do not have a ‘Golden Generation’?”, De Bruyne shot back. When he left, KDB also made it clear that he thought it was a ‘stupid question’.

Conceited footballer

But Palmeri apparently did not understand that reaction very well. For example, he understood that De Bruyne personally labeled him as ‘stupid’. The honorable Italian then also lashed out at the Belgian playmaker. “Usually a footballer who only wants to hear questions that mention how good he is. Spoiled brat”, he sounded harshly via Twitter. In the reactions to this, however, De Bruyne’s side is mainly taken. For example, many followers find the questioning inappropriate and that Palmeri is very sensitive. “Not the reactions I was hoping for”, he admits to one of the other followers.

Ahah DeBruyne just called me stupid.

Hey Kevin, little memo for you:

the golden generation you mentioned of France, England, Germany and Spain they ALL REACHED A FINAL!

Usual footballer that wants only question telling him how good they are.

Spoiled brat https://t.co/vuxnu8y9B1

— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) July 1, 2024

2024-07-02 05:12:00
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