Chile’s Gonzalo Jara has been accused of goading Edinson Cavani about his father shortly before poking the Uruguay defender in the bottom during their ill-tempered Copa América quarter-final.
Jara has subsequently been banned for the rest of the tournament in his home country, having been caught on camera in an incident that led to Cavani receiving a second yellow card in Chile’s 1-0 victory.
Uruguay’s assistant coach, Mario Rebollo, has now accused Jara of making derogatory comments about Cavani’s father Luis, who was arrested after being involved in a fatal car accident, the day before the game.
“Not only did Jara touch Cavani as we saw in the pictures, but he also said something about what had happened the previous day,” Rebollo said in an interview with Uruguay’s Radio Hora 25. “He said that Cavani’s father was going to get 20 years [in prison].”
