{"id":2286,"date":"2024-04-11T15:59:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2024-04-11T15:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:59:24","slug":"pundit-sacked-after-making-discriminatory-remark-about-barcelonas-lamine-yamal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=2286","title":{"rendered":"Pundit sacked after making discriminatory remark about Barcelona\u2019s Lamine Yamal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Spanish TV station has sacked a pundit after he made a controversial remark about Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal before their Champions League fixture against Paris St-Germain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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German Burgos, working for Movistar, was speaking over footage of Yamal doing kick-ups when he made the remark. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Burgos is <\/span>reported to have said: <\/span>\u201cIf it doesn\u2019t go well for him, he could end up at a traffic light.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Barcelona and PSG refused to give interviews to Movistar after the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMovistar Plus+ condemns any kind of discrimination and will not allow this type of comment from any of the employees or collaborators linked to the platform,\u201d the broadcaster said on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The remark, which has been interpreted as a reference to people who perform at traffic lights and ask drivers for money, came before <\/span>Barcelona\u2019s quarter-final first-leg win<\/span> against PSG on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burgos has apologised for the comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photo Credit: French Football Weekly<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a comment made without meaning to hurt anyone. We talk about football, nothing else. If he felt offended, I am sorry and I apologise publicly,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lamine Yamal in action for Spain Photo Courtesy: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Burgos, 54, earned 35 caps for Argentina during his playing career and spent six years in Spain with Mallorca and Atletico Madrid. <\/span><\/p>\n

Yamal, 16, was born in Spain to Moroccan and Equatorial Guinean parents. <\/span><\/p>\n

The winger, who already has six caps for Spain, became the youngest player to appear in a Champions League quarter-final during the victory in Paris.<\/span><\/p>

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