Jonathan Himelfarb, technical director, and Johan Guzmán, Dominican goalkeeper, experienced first of all the discriminatory shout from the Jalisco stadium
FIFA reported ESPN Digital which opened disciplinary proceedings against Mexican Football Federation as a result of discriminatory incidents during the match between Mexico and the Dominican Republic played on March 18, 2021.
“I realized from the beginning, when I took the ball, the screams started in the stands,” he said. ESPN the Dominican goalkeeper in that game, Johan Guzman.
“It is unfortunate that it is happening, however this did not influence me, I continued to do my job. He was very focused on the meeting. I didn’t pay attention to him, I didn’t want to lose my concentration “, said the Dominican player.
In the same order, Jacques Passy’s first assistant at that meeting, who directed the remaining two, Jonathan Himelfarb, spoke to ESPN Digital about it.
“Unfortunately, the shouts happened in our game, despite the efforts made on the stadium to put videos to stop it and even some players sometimes tried to stop the fans.”
“This Mexican hobby must understand, because it is not a game, which is not a can do what I want, they have to react, understand and understand that this cry can only bring bad things, “said the Mexican coach.
The technical director also said ESPN that, although the cry has been going on for many years, that kind of thing as a society must be eradicated simultaneously in order to avoid all kinds of discrimination and even more so with something repetitive.
“After so long, people are finally back in the stadiums and it would be a huge sadness if for this reason not only the Mexican team is injured, but also the stadium is left and they return to empty stadiums, which have nothing to do with it. with the football we like so much “, concluded Himelfarb.