Football Club Barcelona obtained a first-class and quite motivating victory against Paris Saint Germain with 3 goals to 2 in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, in a match that took place at the Parc des Princes facilities in France; The match was one that was full of a lot of action and emotion, twists and turns that finally culminated in favor of the Blaugrana entity.
However, the match was partly marred by an episode involving former Argentine goalkeeper German ‘El Mono’ Burgos.. The former assistant coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego ‘El Cholo’ Simeone, said an inappropriate comment on the air on a Movistar Plus broadcast, when the cameras showed the 16-year-old young Barcelona player, Lamine Yamal, doing some tricks and juggling with the ball in the pre-match warm-up.
Compromising words from ‘Mono’ Burgos
“Look at the quality, look at the little touches…”, the presenter Susana Guasch praised him.. Burgos interrupted her with a comment that, although it caused laughter among his teammates, was considered inappropriate, especially by users on social networks and also by the culé club itself: “And if it doesn’t go well, it ends up at a traffic light. “Football is like life.”
After the end of the match, the reporter who was on the playing field and that he hoped to talk with the protagonists of it, he publicly explained to his broadcast colleagues why he could not speak with any of the players: “I understand that many viewers expected us to have some conversation or interview with Barça. But UEFA, PSG and Barça have notified us that they were not going to attend to us because they were extremely angry with a comment.”
Burgos, despite his first words, had some more about Lamine Yamal and tried to explain his previous comments: “I wish I had had this boy’s ability. It was a comment without trying to hurt anyone. It’s something we talk about football, nothing more. IF anyone felt offended, I am sorry and I apologize publicly because the truth is that this was not the intention. Sometimes you go into a joke, you get into trouble, and in these times you have to adapt to everything and that’s what we’re in.”
Statement from ‘Mono’ Burgos about what happened
“I make this statement reiterating my apologies for my words on yesterday’s program.. It was not my intention to harm Lamine Yamal, the people of FC 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 praise virtues, in no case was it about any ethnicity or social class. After spending so many years in football, I am excited to see the young youth players.”
“I admire above all the amount of new talents that Barça is bringing out because I think that quality always triumphs in the end. I am a pro-camera coach and in all the teams I have been on I have been concerned about bringing young people to train with the first team. I apologize to anyone who was offended by my comment. My intention was not to disparage Lamine Yamal, quite the opposite. Football unites everything and everyone, that is why it is the best sport, since it does not discriminate based on sex, race, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation. This is what I believe! See you in football!”
Words of support for the former goalkeeper
Fans who have followed Burgos for a long time showed solidarity with him and they let him know through comments on the post: “Germán, those of us who know you, know your humility, goodness and greatness”, “You know that you are a good person and that you did not want to offend anyone!”, and “a comment without any malice,” were some messages from users.
The Spanish television network also shared a statement about the event on its social networks. between Burgos and Yamal: “Due to the unfortunate comments made by one of the Movistar Plus+ collaborators in the preview of the UEFA Champions League match between PSG-FC Barcelona about the Barça player Lamine Yamal, the platform publicly apologizes.”
Movistar Plus+ condemns any type of discrimination and will not allow this type of comments from none of the workers or collaborators linked to the platform. After what happened, the platform will adopt the appropriate measures to ensure that these events do not occur again,” he stated.
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