“If not football, Lamin can stand at traffic lights”

Barcelona beat Paris Saint-Germain in France last night (Wednesday) 2:3 in the first match between them in the quarter-final stage of the Champions League and while the game provided mesmerizing football, two revolutions and great drama, what happened on the screen in some places also caused a stir.

In fact, the storm was so great that Barcelona and PSG joined forces and together boycotted the broadcast of movistar+, the broadcasting franchise that broadcasts the Champions League in Spain.

In honor of the evening of the Champions League, which at the same time also included the victory of Atlético Madrid over Dortmund (1:2), the panel of commentators for the game included the ex colchoneros and the one who was Diego Simeone’s assistant for many years, Mono Burgos.

Harman Burgos in Bloomfield. Maccabi Tel Aviv kicked out his Aris Saloniki last season (Radad Jabara)

The latter provided a repulsive and racist statement when, while they were talking about Lamin Yamal, the 16-year-old prodigy of the Catalans, Burgos said of him: “If he doesn’t succeed in football, he can go stand at traffic lights”, a statement which is more implied that he will be poor and a beggar if not The talent is in his feet.

Following Burgos’ repulsive statement, Barcelona and Paris announced, immediately after the end of the game, that they would not grant interviews to the Spanish broadcasting franchisee. This is not an ordinary event, UEFA requires the clubs to give compensation to those who pay a lot of money for the broadcast rights, but this did not move the two teams who joined forces in the face of Burgos’ racist statement.