Germán El Mono Burgos Addresses Controversy Surrounding His Comment in PSG-Barcelona Preview

Burgos talked about the comment he made during the PSG-Barcelona preview (Getty Images)

Former Argentine goalkeeper Germán El Mono Burgos decided to publicly address the controversy unleashed by a comment during the preview of the confrontation between Barcelona and PSG for the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. After being accused of racism and subsequently fired from Movistar Plus +, the former Argentine goalkeeper has tried to clarify the meaning of his phrase and sought to defend himself against criticism.

In his statement before the Radio Marca microphones, who was Diego Simeone’s assistant at Atlético de Madrid for nine years, insisted that his comment was aimed at highlighting the football qualities of the young attacker Lamine Yamal. “The comment was about the talent and skill of the footballer. People haven’t heard the full audio. As follows, the audio is an affective tone. What’s more, I break with humor,” he explained.

During the Catalan team’s warm-up at the Parque de los Príncipes, Burgos was involved in an exchange of comments with the program’s presenter, Susana Guasch. While she praised the skill of the youth, who was playing little games with the ball, Burgos made an observation that generated controversy: “And if he doesn’t do well, he ends up at a traffic light. “Football is like life.”

The former Atlético de Madrid goalkeeper also referred to the consequences of his words, recognizing Movistar Plus+’s decision to dispense with his services. “The company has to act, nothing happens. I still use Movistar. I’m not going to change. (That day) I went back to two producers of the program and told them ‘I’ll get out of the way,’” he said.

Diego Simeone’s former field assistant launched a comment on the air about the player Lamine Yamal that generated controversy

Furthermore, Burgos, 55, used his nickname to argue that his words were misinterpreted: “My nickname breaks everything said and expressed. If there is any director of communications or any faculty who wants to see this issue… I just tell them that they call me ‘Mono’.” Likewise, he revealed that he had spoken with the president of Barcelona, ​​Joan Laporta, to clarify his intention to praise Yamal: “I sent him a message so that Yamal knew that the only thing he wanted was to send him a compliment.”

At the same time, he had also apologized publicly through his social networks after the closing of the broadcast with an extensive statement: “It was not my intention to harm Lamine Yamal, the people of FC Barcelona, ​​the players. , to UEFA, nor to the 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.”

Finally, the former footballer shared personal experiences about the difficult situation that goalkeepers face in the face of public scrutiny. “They threw urine at me and I told them ‘I’ve already tried the golden shower, please insult me. There are people who don’t know me. The goalkeeper can’t leave. He is always receiving these situations,” he expressed.

It should be remembered that, as a result of Burgos’ comment last Wednesday, the two clubs and UEFA decided to leave the program of which it was a part without live interviews with the players and coaches at the end of the Parc des Princes match, a decision that was raised ahead of this Tuesday’s duel for the second leg of the quarterfinals at the Estadi Olímpic in Barcelona.

2024-04-16 15:09:00
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