For homophobic chants, the Mexican team could be sanctioned again – 2024-03-28 20:40:28

The recent final loss in the Concacaf Nations League could not be the only defeat that the Mexican team receives, since the fateful score of 0-2 against its archrival, the United States, could be joined in the next few hours by another strong punishment due to various homophobic shouts by Tri fans.

On the night of Sunday, March 24, the defining match held at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, was marred by the momentary and consecutive interruption before shouts of insults with the phrase “ehhh, puto!”, at the moment that American goalkeeper Matt Turner took goal kicks.

It’s not the first time

For several years, Concacaf has been fighting with the same problem generated by the controversial chants, since despite repeated recommendations and even threats (offenders face a ban from going to stadiums for 5 years), they have not has been able to be fully controlled, a situation that has been financially punished several times and this time it could be the end of the story again in the coming days.

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The highest soccer body in North America, Central America and the Caribbean condemned the homophobic shouts in less than 24 hours: “It is extremely disappointing that this issue continues to be a problem in some games, particularly in the context of the next two years that present a tremendous opportunity to grow the sport in our region.”

History of the scream

There are many theories that indicate that it was the Atlas fans who shouted it for the first time in May 1999, as the main protagonist was the remembered goalkeeper, Oswaldo Sánchez, who emerged in Atlas, who returned to Guadalajara after a few seasons in America, but to play against their eternal city rival, Chivas.

Its turning point was at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, at which time FIFA got its hands on the matter to eliminate it completely. However, so far more than 20 official sanctions have been registered and not much has improved.

“It is intolerable to accept racist shouts on a playground or stadium today. We want girls and boys to be passionate about soccer. It is not acceptable. We have to work hard on education,” commented Infantino, when the Aztec team received the sanction of $110,000 fine and warning of matches without fans against Costa Rica and Panama, which took place on January 30 and February 2, 2022, respectively.