{"id":2114,"date":"2026-09-10T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=2114"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:36:04","slug":"i-never-meant-to-mock-valencia-it-was-an-expression-of-shock-said-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/i-never-meant-to-mock-valencia-it-was-an-expression-of-shock-said-hernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I never meant to mock Valencia, it was an expression of shock&#8221; said Hernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona midfielder Rodri Hernandez has issued a public apology to Valencia supporters following the Champions League clash against Feyenoord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Given the controversy sparked by the video the other day, in this life when you make a mistake you have to front up and apologise, and this is one of those times,&#8221; admitted Rodri after footage emerged of him labelling Valencia players &#8220;very bad&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I would like to apologise to anyone who may have felt offended: Valencia supporters, fans, players\u2014anyone at all. I have already had a direct conversation with my friend Jose Gaya, reaching out to him and the entire squad. I want to make it clear that it was an expression of shock, which is plain to see for anyone watching the video. At no point did I intend to mock or capitalise on any club&#8217;s difficult spell\u2014quite the opposite,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FC Barcelona man stressed that he wants Valencia &#8220;to return to where they belong&#8221;, reiterating that they should be &#8220;one of the best clubs in this league&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I want to make clear that it was a private conversation and things may have been taken out of context, but I never meant any disrespect,&#8221; concluded the Madrid-born midfielder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona midfielder Rodri Hernandez has issued a public apology to Valencia supporters following the Champions League clash against<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114\/revisions\/2116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}