Real Madrid could be sentenced to a partial closure of the stadium for homophobic insults towards Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola. This song, which has become a recurring element of Guardiola visits to the Bernabeu Santiago since he was a player of FC Barcelona, was sanctioned for the first time by UEFA.
According to Sport, Real Madrid was sentenced to a fine of 30,000 euros and a partial suspended stadium ban for the next two years. If Bernabeu supporters again breach the regulations, the whites will have to close 500 seats for the next match in European competition, which constitutes a relatively light sanction.
The song has violated the UEFA regulation, according to which if a person or a group is insulted because of their race, their religion, their origin, their skin color or their sex, the responsible club incurs “A suspension of at least ten games or a determined period of time, or any other appropriate sanction”.
Pep Guardiola will cost Real Madrid dear
The song in question was heard several times in the 3-1 victory of Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League dam. “” Ay, Guardiola, as you look thin. At first it was drugs. Today, we can see you in Chueca ”, were the words of the song.
It refers to the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s in the gay community, which has cost so many people. Chueca is a district of Madrid famous for its opening and the presence of the LGBTQ+community, and although Guardiola was an FC Barcelona player, the rumor was a homosexual, which he explained later as being false.
Real has already condemned discrimination in the past by public statements, but has not yet commented on the issue. Given the number of supporters involved, it seems unlikely that other measures are taken. Earlier in the season, several supporters were banished from the stadium for racically insulted the players of FC Barcelona.
