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The Ivory Coast man seen in a viral video after Ivory Coast won the match against Senegal has spoken for the first time.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n In the viral video flying across social media platforms, the man was seen trying to speak to the lady, probably taking her number.<\/p>\n The man, identified as Anselme Santos has said that he was over-excited when Ivory Coast won the match and could not control himself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He claims throughout the match, the lady was sitting close to her, but he never spoke to her because he was seriously watching the football match.<\/p>\n He said his inability to control himself during the excitement made him approach the lady for her number so that he could reach out to her after the match.<\/p>\n He was interested in the lady and wanted her for a relationship.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, he said the lady was never ready to give him the contact so he also did not insist on getting the number.<\/p>\n According to him, his actions have affected his family so much that he regrets doing that.<\/p>\n Anselme Santos has apologized to his family, waiting to be forgiven for what he did.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIn the euphoria, I told [the woman in the video] \u2018Give me your number\u2019. It wasn\u2019t mean, but she didn\u2019t want to. So I didn\u2019t insist. I would like to take this chance to apologize to my wife and my children\u201d he said via\u00a0@ActuFootAfrique<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n