A priori, written The Newspaper, “Kaïrat Almaty was shaping up, for Club Bruges, to be the least sexy match in the entire Champions League: a match on the road, in distant and icy Kazakhstan, against a little-known opponent.” And yet, more than 500 supporters of this team, one of the best in Belgium, made the trip to Astana, the Kazakh capital, on Tuesday January 20. “A journey of almost 6,000 kilometers”, underlines the Flemish regional newspaper.
When, at 74e minute, the Club scores its third goal, says The Latest News, “his 500 supporters are exultant. And three of them go a step further” : “They take off their clothes to proudly display a mankini bright green. A little sartorial gem better known in popular culture as the ‘Borat costume’, in reference to this film character who made fun of Kazakhstan.”
Minor disturbances to public peace
If the joke greatly amused the Belgian supporters, this is not the case for everyone, continues the popular newspaper. As can be seen in the video below, “the police rushed through the Belgian stand. The three ‘provocateurs’ certainly hurried to get dressed, but the damage was done”, they were arrested. Below are the different images
