The Social Commission of Atlético de Madrid will demand the removal of Plaça de Courtois located on the “Promenade des Étoiles” of the stadium Metropolitanand which identifies each of the players who have played at least 100 official matches with the first team. The initiative starts from International Club Union of Atlético, who is part of the Commission, which will meet the club’s board of directors during this month of November, in a meeting which promises to be quite “hot”.
“We consider that It makes no sense to have a license plate. where he demonstrated on numerous occasions against Atlético”, declared the president of the International Union of Supporters Clubs Eduardo Fernández in the YouTube show “Bendita Afificación”, in which he assured that “the majority of members of the Commission think the same thing”. At last year’s meeting there was already an attempt to remove Courtois’ plaque, but the club did not agree. Today, after the events of the last derby against Real Madrid, the Social Commission believes that the step will be taken.
“It makes no sense that players like Falcao either Leivinhawhich has been the watchword of the club, does not have a plaque for not having reached 100 matches and on the other hand Courtois, who never stops denouncing Atlético, has one. It’s surreal,” added Fernández, who is one of the 10 members of the Social Commissionan organization created in 2012 and which was the one which led the change of shield, sparking a movement that led to a referendum among subscribers and the return of the original badge which took place last July.
The Atlético Social Commission is, according to the official definition of the club itself, a “consultative body composed of representatives of different groups and supporters of Atlético de Madrid, which will meet periodically with the members of the club to discuss aspects linked to identity. , the history and symbols of red and white, as well as other issues of social interest. The Commission is composed of ten members, including the International Union of Peñas. Their decisions are not binding, but they are taken into account and studied by the club, as evidenced by the recent change of shield.
