Girona forward Valentin ‘Taty’ Castellanos has shut down his social media after fans piled on the Argentine. Castellanos missed a key chance against Barcelona, and it was followed by a flood of abuse on social media.
MD report that Castellanos closed his social media around three hours after the game following an onslaught, at 2:00am.
Castellanos had been sent through on goal after 55 minutes, and with both the goal or a square ball to Viktor Tsygankov begging, Castellanos elected to shoot but his effort went wide of Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s goal.
🚨 ¡NO, TATY! 😱❌️📲
🔥 Luego de desperdiciar una IMPRESIONANTE ocasión en el empate 0-0 entre el FC BARCELONA y GIRONA, el delantero argentino Valentín CASTELLANOS decidió SUSPENDER sus cuentas de Twitter e Instagram.
👇🎥 Esta fue la jugada…pic.twitter.com/Ar4DumVYCh
— SOBREDOSIS FUTBOLERA🎙⚽️ (@SobreDFutbolera) April 11, 2023
🫡 ¡TATY CASTELLANOS PERDONÓ AL BARÇA!
👀 El delantero argentino tuvo un mano a mano ante Ter Stegen que pudo suponer el tanto de la victoria del Girona.pic.twitter.com/1xuzs5Crvv
— Pichichi Media (@Pichichi_futbol) April 10, 2023
🎥 El Taty Castellanos tuvo la más clara de la noche pero no pudo concretar el mano a mano ante Ter Stegen.pic.twitter.com/ZU76BQst9o
— La Razón (@larazon_es) April 10, 2023
This is the second such story in as many weeks, after Nico Williams did the same. He missed two major chances in Athletic Club’s Copa del Rey semi-final against Osasuna, and received backing from the stands. However online the reaction was not so kind, with Williams shutting down his social channels afterwards.
In Italy, Dusan Vlahovic has also closed his socials after heavy abuse from Juventus fans. It appears to be becoming a worrying theme for football, and there seems little hope of more regulation coming into place.
