A female reporter, Helene Hendriks, has claimed that former Spanish striker Diego Costa once coughed in her face during an interview at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. She recently revealed that the incident happened when she was on media duties for Liverpool’s Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid in March 2020, and it is an experience she will never forget.
According to her, after Atletico dumped Liverpool out of the Champions League at Anfield, Costa came up to her and her team and coughed in their faces following that last-16 encounter.
Helena added that just two days after this turn of events, she contracted Covid-19; however, she managed to recover from the virus and continue with her job.
Her words, “Ultimately, of all the people in that stadium, 41 died from Covid-19. First, I had Virgil van Dijk, then Diego Costa. Do you know what Diego Costa did? He walked up and deliberately coughed in everyone’s face. I don’t get angry easily, but I wanted to run after him and say, ‘What are you doing to me?’
He actually coughed right in my face. But for the connection to the Netherlands, I was attached to a wire and I was following Diego Costa, so the whole camera fell over. I didn’t know what was happening to me, I thought it was absolutely outrageous.”
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