Rising star Emmanuel Dennis has become the darling of fans in Nigeria and Belgium after scoring a brace at the Santiago Bernabeu in Club Brugge’s 2-2 draw with Real Madrid but the 20-year-old has revealed that he had not always received such affections from fans.
Emmanuel Dennis Bonaventure has explained that he was the object of insults and threats after missing a couple of chances in Brugge’s opening Champions League tie against Galatasaray.
”I received a lot of bad messages from the fans at the time. They insulted me because I had missed the ball and missed the other big chance,” Dennis told Het Laatste Nieuws.
”You know what it is? There is a lot of gambling nowadays. I think that a lot of people had bet money on a victory for Club against Galatasaray… And because they had lost their bet, they decided to express their dissatisfaction on my social media accounts.”
Dennis continued : “It was not an easy period. I was really sad, was in the pit. Even though I know the big players are experiencing this too. Bale, Cristiano, Messi, Benzema …
“If they miss such opportunities, people will also be against them, say stupid things. But sometimes you are good and sometimes you are bad.”
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