When he appears in front of the microphones or at a post-match press conference, Vincent Kompany is very calm by nature, defending most of the time the performance of his players, despite sometimes disappointing encounters. But behind the scenes, in the locker room, the former Manchester City player does not hesitate to put the players in his place, as shown in this video posted by an RSCA fan and extracted from the documentary “Mauve”.
In this one, we see a Vincent Kompany entering the Anderlecht locker room mad with rage following the split once morest Saint-Trond on October 17th. That day the Mauves had delivered a poor performance, conceding the equalizing goal in the 94th minute.
After throwing a bottle of water on the ground, Kompany addressed his group beside himself: “Listen, let’s be clear, there’s a side of me you’ve never seen before”he begins, shouting. “To start, whether we play three, four, five or six, it’s me who decides. And it’s me who takes responsibility if we play badly or if we lose”continued the Mauves coach before targeting striker Joshua Zirkzee in particular, “Secondly, Zirk, this is the last time I will comment on your behavior. If I replace you, I don’t want to see a smile but an exemplary behavior. You were not good, like all the others. I might have replaced all of you from Hendrik (Van Crombrugge) down to the last one.”
Still not calmed down, Kompany launched one last spade at his players: “I don’t want to hear anyone complaining. Today we deserved to lose. We can be happy on one point: we lost 95 minutes of our time. It would have been better not to come, it would have been better to send the U21s.”
