Sevilla midfielder Fernandes: I shouldn't have done that to Mendilibar

Fernando admits regret over his strop towards Jose Luis Mendilibar in his final game as Sevilla coach.

Fernando waved away Mendiibar's hand when he was substituted before halftime of their clash with Rayo Vallecano - Mendilibar's last game before he was sacked and replaced by Diego Alonso.

Fernando told Relevo: "In the end it is a situation in which at the moment you decide wrong. I think he wanted to make a change, I don't know, change something that was in his head, he will know what he wanted to do. At that moment I was left without explanation. Then I understood that he wanted to make that change and that's it.

"I think every coach has his way of thinking, he thought it like that and I think I can't do anything. It's already in the past and we have to move on.

In the end I don't have cockroach blood. In a moment like this, sometimes you react. Of course later, when you stop for 10 or 15 minutes and think about it, you say 'no'. If I'm fine, calm, of course I wouldn't have reacted like that.

"But in a moment of heat one reacts that way. It was a gesture that I shouldn't have done, but I also think that it wasn't such an ugly gesture. I told him not to make that change, but I know that he has the authority to decide and that's it, there's not much more to say. He is the coach and he is the one who decides."

Fernando added, "We won a Europa League, right? And playing well. Mendilibar is a spectacular person. I can't speak badly about him. This happened, people think that I have something against Mendi, but the only truth is that I have nothing. He has always been a gentleman to me, he has always treated me very well and I have great affection for him."