Jonathan Himelfarb, technical director, and Johan Guzmán, Dominican goalkeeper, lived the discriminatory cry in the front row at Jalisco Stadium
FIFA informed ESPN Digital that opened disciplinary proceedings against the Mexican Football Association due to discriminatory incidents during the game between Mexico and the Dominican Republic played on March 18, 2021.
“I realized from the start, when I got the ball, the screaming started in the stands,” he said. ESPN the Dominican starting goalkeeper in that match, Johan Guzman
“It’s a shame it happens, but it didn’t affect me, I kept doing my job. He was very focused on the meeting. I didn’t pay attention to him, I didn’t want to lose focus ”, said the Dominican player.
In the same order, Jacques Passy’s first assistant in that meeting, who led the other two, Jonathan Himelfarb, spoke to ESPN Digital about it.
“Unfortunately, despite the efforts they put in the stadium to post videos to stop it, the screaming happened in our game, and even some players tried to stop the fans at times.”
This Mexican hobby needs to understand because it’s not a gamewhich is not that I can do what I want, they have to respond, understand and understand that this cry can only bring bad things, ” said the Mexican coach.
The technical director also mentioned it ESPN that although the cry has been going on for many years, that sort of thing as a society must be eradicated all at once to avoid all kinds of discrimination and even more so with something that repeats itself.
“After so long, people are finally returning to the stadiums, and it would be extremely sad if for this reason not only the Mexican team is harmed, but also leave the stadium and they return to empty stadiums, which have nothing to do with. with the football that we like so much ”, Himelfarb concluded.