emerging (briefly) from largely failed lockdown

[meretricula]

Busquets needs to apologize, UEFA needs to fine him, and Barcelona needs to ban him. that is not what football is about, and it is not what Barcelona is about. it was disgusting when it was Aragones almost ten years ago, and it's disgusting now that things haven't changed.

the behavior of fans on either side has not been great lately, but this is a lot more important than that. I'm ashamed of Busquets, but if nothing else, I'm proud to see my fellow fans realizing that and reacting immediately to condemn him.

that is all.

Comments

[mardia.livejournal.com]

Fucking preach.

I'm pissed off and disgusted, but more than that, I'm also so heartsick that a Barcelona player could do this. It'd be awful no matter WHO was the guilty culprit, but for fuck's sake, considering all the crap that his fellow teammates have gone through thanks to institutionalized racism in Spain, he should know better.

[cafune.livejournal.com]

what mardia said. and i said this on twitter, but i'm saying it again bc it's just mind-boggling to me: we get "putos catalanes" shouted at us in the calderon. he played with eto'o and he still plays with dani & keita. how do you live with all of that and then turn around and just. i'm disgusted with him. and also, in a really selfish way, i'm glad that it wasn't someone i loved more.

[distira.livejournal.com]

i just. i hate this all. and that this happened, that he said something like this. obviously i'm not a huge fan of his to begin with but it could be anyone and i'd be just as mad, honest to god. i don't know if you saw at the ontd_fb thread or if this went around the fcb post, but a user posted UEFA's info mail address and many users sent in emails urging them to take action- i can link you, if that's something you're interested in.

the behavior of fans on either side has not been great lately
the behavior of everyone on either side has not been great lately. i'm ready for this world series to be over, y/y?

[mardia.livejournal.com]

the behavior of everyone on either side has not been great lately. i'm ready for this world series to be over, y/y?

These Clasicos have honestly been a nightmare. I'm so so sick of this mess.

~Melodrama~

[eileenyx.livejournal.com]

TL;DR

Pep's comments about players making mistakes and "the past is the past" really disturbed me. Busquets, I now hate, but Pep? He broke my heart by skirting the issue/by seeming flippant about this. I wanted him to address the actual incident. By not addressing it, it's basically nonexistent. And by sweeping it under the banner of "mistake" trivializes not only the incident but similar incidents players like Eto'o, Thierry Henry, Dani (who as recently as Feb. 2011 said that he gets called "mono" and that he's used to racism in Spain). It's disrespectful and sketchy. I don't hate him (yet), but until there's decisive and substantial action, I am side-eyeing Pep and I've definitely lost respect for him. This is so, so awful.

Busquets needs to apologize to Marcelo, to Real Madrid, and to Barça. Pep needs to make a statement of condemnation about this. IDGAF that Busquets has been valuable/continues to be a valuable player -- I cannot stomach what he's done. How I'll feel about the club's reaction (or worse -- and unfortunately, realistically -- non-reaction) remains to be seen by the end of this parade of bullshit. I need the club to make an example of Busquets. I need the club to make the most effort to address this in a satisfactory manner. I know I'm being unrealistic, but still. Despite my anger/frustration/disappointment, I still have a lot of love and trust in the club, and I want FC Barcelona to come through.

I'm so done with this deluge of Clasicos. After tomorrow's match, I'm going to take a breather and enjoy other things for a while. I didn't know I was capable of so much bile, but what has totally floored me is the amount of disappointment I feel.