Following the contentious removal of Manchester United teammate Alejandro Garnacho’s post, Andre Onana responded angrily on social media. After his exploits in the Champions League, Garnacho may receive a suspension for his conduct, but Onana has jumped to the adolescent winger’s defense.
Onana’s last-minute save of Jordan Larsson’s penalty in the 97th minute against FC Copenhagen in Group A on Tuesday night ignited wild celebrations at Old Trafford.
With losses to Bayern Munich and Galatasaray in their first two games, failure would have put United in dаnger of an embarrassing early exit.
Following the game, several United players flocked to social media to praise the 27-year-old goalie and Harry Maguire, who scored the game-winning goal to extend his comeback.
However, Garnacho’s post, which featured a picture of the squad applauding Onana’s save and two gorilla emojis in the text, caused controversy.
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Garnacho deleted the post less than an hour later, but the Football Association is aware of the incident and has sought his observations on it.
However, Onana has taken to X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram to defend Garnacho with a fierce response to criticism.
“People cannot choose what I should be offended by. I know exactly what @agarnacho7 meant: power and strength. This matter should go no further. AO24,” Onana wrote.
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Onana defended Garnacho on X and Instagram
The Cameroon international included the same photo Garnacho used in his deleted post, plus a separate image of the pair hugging.
Despite Onana’s public defence and Garnacho’s quick deletion, the Argentinian ace could still be Һit with a fine and ban.
In 2020, two months after arriving in England, Edinson Cavani was Һit with a three-game suspension and £100,000 fine for using the word ‘Gracias Negrito’ in an Instagram comment thanking a young fan.
Cavani deleted the comment, loosely translating to ‘thanks little black boy’ or ‘guy with black hair’, and issued an apology.
But the Uruguayan veteran didn’t escape punishment by an independent commission after admitting an FA charge of misconduct for an aggravated breach of the rules relating to racism.