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UEFA’s double standard with Atlético that outrages fans

The UEFA announced last week the opening of disciplinary proceedings against the Atletico Madrid for the behavior of his fans, whom he accuses of discriminatory behavior and throwing objects during his defeat in the quarterfinals of the Champions League before him Manchester City, reported this Friday the body that governs European football.

The UEFA He did not elaborate on the violations, but said his Control, Ethics and Discipline Committee will decide on the matter in due time. To the Atletico Madrid An economic fine could fall on him as well as the threat of a subsequent sports sanction if he reoffends. But it will be necessary to see what nature are the arguments of the report of the commissioner of the UEFA about that “inappropriate behavior” because from Manchester a police arrest of a fan for racist discrimination and alleged Nazi salutes behind the issue is pointed out.

In any case, in the hobby of the Atletico Madrid it seems to him a resounding double standard that the UEFA is investigating that throwing of objects by the 2,600 displaced mattress fans and that the images that went around the world in the previous round, in which Simeone received a rain of objects from the followers of the Manchester United, they will go unnoticed.

Let’s remember what happened in Old Trafford. At the end of the clash, how could it be otherwise, the Atletico Madrid He burst with joy at his achievement. Diego Simeon, as is usual for him, he ran towards the locker room tunnel. You already know that the Argentine does not usually greet the rival coaches at the end of the games because he understands that each one must manage his feelings in that section as he prefers.

The fact is that he ran towards the tunnel, which in Old Trafford It is in one of the corners of the stadium and several fans behaved in an unsportsmanlike manner. The Argentine had to dodge a rain of objects, glasses with drinks, spit, etc. The cholos He jumped to prevent all that from impacting him while a good number of fans insulted him.

Although the English club announced the review of the security cameras to identify the culprits, who could face sanctions of up to three years without being able to enter the field, the truth is that at the UEFA He did not seem to care about something so clamorous and did not open any investigation for what happened.