PSG-Barcelona: boycotted by the two clubs after a racist insult against Yamal, the Movistar channel apologizes

“If things don’t go well for him, he’ll end up at a red light,” consultant Mono Burgos said with a laugh against Lamine Yamal on Spanish television Movistar, ahead of the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. A sentence which caused a lot of talk on the other side of the Pyrenees due to its racist nature, the young attacker coming from a poor district of the Catalan capital.

This racist sentence also shocked the two clubs which faced each other on Wednesday evening at the Parc des Princes, who were quickly informed. To the point that no player from Barça or PSG spoke on the Movistar microphone after the match. “I understand that many viewers were expecting an interview. But the two clubs informed us that they were not going to come because they were extremely angry by a comment that was made on our set,” explained journalist Ricardo Sierra from the mixed zone after the meeting.

“In no case did I speak of any ethnicity or social class”

The latter then ordered Diego Simeone’s former assistant at Atlético Madrid to apologize on set. “It was a comment without trying to hurt anyone. It’s something we talk about in football. If anyone felt offended, I publicly apologize. It was not my intention. In these times, you have to adapt to everything when you try to make jokes,” Mono Burgos tried to apologize.

Later, Burgos released a statement on his Instagram account reiterating his apology: “I did not intend to hurt Lamine Yamal in any way, nor Barcelona, ​​nor the players, nor UEFA, nor Movistar Not where I work anymore, he wrote. I made a joke about his qualities and I praised his virtues, in no case did I talk about any ethnicity or social class.”

Movistar also apologized for the comment targeting the new nugget of Spanish football, the youngest player and scorer in the history of La Roja.