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He endowed us with memorable stories, some of the best moments in the Mexican sports chronicle and his style will be remembered forever, but the remarkable career of Christian Martinoli he also had complicated moments, such as the day when called the fan “aboriginal” that started unforgettable the battle between Monarcas Morelia and Cruz Azul, that of the head of Jesús Corona.
Fight in Morelia-Cruz Azul and the “aboriginal” said by Martinoli
The intense battle of the semifinals of the 2011 Clausura was armed because a fan attacked the players of the Car, Chaco Giménez hit and everything got out of control. In the narrative for TV Azteca were Martinoli, Antonio Rosique, Luis García and Carlos Guerrero, which strongly condemned the attitude of the spontaneous and the response of the footballers.
While the events were reported, the follower was labeled “animal, idiot and mindless”, but the great controversy was when Martinoli called him “aboriginal”, in front of which the National Commission for the Prevention of Discrimination (Conapred) intervened and the calls reached the offices of the Ajusco television station.
Then director at Conapred, Hilda Téllez, assured that this type of words from the voice of a communicator with a platform such as national television could encourages “incorrect labels or concepts”.
Martinoli: It’s one of the worst moments of my career
This chapter of his great media career undoubtedly marked the communicator, who openly expressed his regret for the term used in that struggle between Monarcas and Cruz Azul.
“On one occasion I had a problem sending a Morelia-Cruz Azul for a term that I use, I made a mistake for which I apologized on the radio, television and in print, but there were people who wanted to make a bigger and more uniform scandal Conapred came to me for a series of complaints“, he mentioned in an interview with Lorenza García, the daughter of Dr. García, his partner in thousands of stories.
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