“It is unacceptable that the image of our fans is tarnished. “It is intolerable that they are associated with the bad behavior of a minority.”said the CEO of Atlético de Madrid today in an official statement published on the club’s website, Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, who declared that “we have had enough of the populist and demagogic use of these incidents. Sports justice must not be politicized. “We need information to be able to act against the violent and expel them permanently from the club, the sanction proposal speaks of six identified suspects and 20 suspects under investigation about whom we have no information from the police. “It is impossible for us to act like this,” lamented the manager, who deplores that “We are judged for the same facts by two different authorities.“.
“I do not intend to justify the behavior of a small minority who represent neither Atlético Madrid fans nor the values of the club. We are clear that the behavior of these people is unacceptable, we do not want them here. We are tired of repeating that we are fighting against violence and racism, but the reality is that we are. We have spent years prosecuting these behaviors and expelling those who commit them. Our commitment is to continue to do so hand in hand with all those who want to help us. Unfortunately, this is not just our problem, it coexists in our society, although Some intend to concentrate exclusively here. It’s everyone’s problem and we have to solve it together,” Gil Marín told the club’s website.
The red and white CEO believes that these attitudes “cannot tarnish the image of a fan base made up of thousands of followers who behave with respect and encourage their team in an exemplary manner. “It is intolerable that we disrespect our fans by accusing them of the bad behavior of a minority.”
“We have had enough of the populist and demagogic use of these incidents. Sports justice must not be politicized. Some truths, half-truths but also many lies were told. Since this Sunday, everyone has given their opinion on what happened in our stadium while, unfortunately, there have been widespread incidents in other stadiums and in other cities,” lamented the coach of Atlético, who requested the collaboration of the authorities: “We need information to be able to act against the violent and permanently expel them from the club”assures our CEO. “To date, we have identified four definitively expelled partners on our own. The sanction proposal speaks of six identified suspects and twenty suspects under investigation about whom we have no information from the police. It is therefore impossible for us to act. I hope they will provide us with the identity of these 26 to be able to proceed in the same way as for the four expellees. But we need information, we need help.
“We are being tried in two different instances for the same facts. Double criminality makes no sense,” concluded Gil Marín.
