Junior Sornoza’s family exposes ‘threats’ due to controversy with Joao Rojas, who receives support from Byron Castillo and Ayrton Preciado

Júnior Sornoza’s family exposed “threats” to his detriment, on social networks, for which he blamed “the fans” of Emelec, after the Independiente del Valle player starred in homophobic insults against Joao Rojas, an electric soccer player, during the celebration of Pichincha’s stripes for the Ecuadorian championship achieved last Sunday.

“I want to make public the threats that my family and I have received since Sunday night, threats that do not stop and for which the Police have already taken part. However, I cannot let it pass, and this time I do tell you that I hold the fans of this team (Emelec) fully responsible for everything that happens, “wrote Liceth Casanova, Sornoza’s wife, on Instagram Thursday night. .

The Independiente player has been involved in a controversy with the Emelec 10 for excessive celebrations in the achievement of the LigaPro Serie A 2021 title. On Sunday, the striped equaled 1 at the George Capwell stadium and capitalized on the triumph by 3 -1 achieved in the first leg, in Quito. In Guayaquil, in the visitor’s dressing room, the celebration exceeded limits of measure and elements such as Sornoza and Fernando Guerrero dedicated offenses and taunts about sexuality to Rojas, as seen on the social networks of the player José Believe Angulo.

Rojas responded “with a white glove” and related the attitude of Independiente players to “failure” and “inexperience”. He also said that “another type of glove does not resist” Sornoza.

On this issue, Franklin Tello, president of the Pichincha club, declared that he believed that Sornoza and Guerrero “will offer their apologies” to the millionaire attacker. Far from it, the Chiqui He returned to express himself to add that he “did not care what the boy (Rojas) said.”

In his publication, Casanova attached the received messages, in which threats were harassed for Sornoza to apologize to Rojas.

Selected support

The national teams Byron Castillo, from Barcelona Sporting Club, and Ayrton Preciado, from the Mexican Santos Laguna, demonstrated on social networks about the controversy between Rojas and the Independiente players.

“We are all original. No one is less or more than anyone. Everyone has their style. Each head is a world. And you, Joao Rojas, you are original, dad, I love you ”, wrote the Canarian player. And he added: “Brother, like you there is no other. It’s unique, brother. I go back and say, original ”.

Meanwhile, Preciado, a former partner of Rojas in Emelec (2017-2018), wrote: “Do not generalize. We don’t all think that. Many know that Joao Rojas is a good person. Maybe you haven’t had to share a dressing room with him, you’re wrong”. This, in response to a comment by the Ecuadorian defender John Narváez, who referred to the issue in favor of Guerrero. The latter also singled out Rojas for “ego problems.” (D)