Last Wednesday, FC Barcelona traveled to the Parque de Los Príncipes to face Paris Saint-Germain in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The duel, with a visitor victory, and despite the joy of the thousands of fans displaced from the culé team, left regrettable behavior in the stands and UEFA has already taken part in it. The highest European football body has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Barça club for the Nazi salutes and racist gestures imitating a monkey made by some fans in the stands.
After the match that was resolved with a 2-3 result and that left “racist insult” in the stands. The images were spread on social networks, and UEFA soon became aware of this behavior and opened disciplinary proceedings against the club, even going so far as to prevent the culé fans from traveling to the next trip. This could mean that Barça would be left without the support of its fans if they went to the semi-finals of the European competition.
The newspaper L’Equipe details that PSG filed three different complaints regarding these events. “Paris Saint-Germain firmly condemns all forms of discrimination and wishes to point out that they have no place either in stadiums or in society. The Parc des Princes is a meeting place open to all football fans. Against racism and all forms of discrimination, we form a single team,” he announced in a statement. The newspaper Sport was in charge of confirming that the club has identified these two individuals, members of the club, and that it will submit a report to the disciplinary commission, and they may be expelled from the club.
Things are getting serious
The truth is that for several months each behavior and each step of any behavior that deviates from the good habits recognized in football has been analyzed in detail. With the case of Vinicius in Mestalla as a trigger, football organizations, such as FIFA and UEFA, have become serious about these matters. Campaigns against racism, violence or any apology for fascist symbols are being harshly punished.
El Mono Burgos has been one of the last to experience these reprisals. Diego Simeone’s former assistant is a regular commentator for Movistar Plus+. In Barcelona’s match against PSG he made an unfortunate comment against Lamine Yamal, which soon went viral on social networks, and despite Germán’s apologies, the network decided to fire the collaborator.
In the warm-up prior to the match, the image of the young Barcelona player appearing on television giving a few touches to the ball. The journalist Susana Guasch said: “Look at the quality, look at the little touches of Lamine Yamal.” Immediately afterwards, Cholo Simeone’s former assistant said: “And if he doesn’t do well, he ends up at a traffic light. “Football is like life.” This resulted in neither Barça nor PSG giving up their players for post-match interviews. Apologies were apologized live and later via official statement, however, nothing could prevent the dismissal of Mono Burgos.
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