Quote by Germán Burgos, former Atlético Madrid goalkeeper and now commentator for Movistar+, prompted several apologies
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Barcelona beat PSG by 3-2 on Wednesday night in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. However, the match was also marked by the controversial comment made by Germán Burgos, former Atlético Madrid goalkeeper, about Lamine Yamal.
“If you don’t [Lamine Yamal] goes well, you can always end up at a traffic light”, said the former player on the Spanish channel ‘Movistar+’ during the warm-up period. The statement made made the two clubs take the decision to prevent their players from giving statements at the end of the game to this means of communication.
Meanwhile, ‘Movistar+’ has already issued a statement on social media stating that it “condemns any type of discrimination” and that it “will not allow this type of comments from any of the workers”. “Due to the unfortunate comments made by one of the Movistar Plus+ employees in the preview of the Champions League game between PSG-Barcelona about Blaugrana player Lamine Yamal, the platform publicly apologizes”, it can be read, highlighting that measures will be taken to ensure that cases like this do not occur again.
Germán Burgos also took to Instagram to comment on the situation. “I make this statement reiterating my apologies for the words spoken on yesterday’s program. It was not my intention to harm Lamine Yamal, the people of Barcelona, the players, UEFA or the Movistar Plus+ platform where I work. When making my comment I chose to make a joke about quality and praising virtues, in no case was it about any ethnicity or social class”, wrote the Argentine.
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2024-04-11 09:06:00
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