you've probably already seen this, but there's absolutely heartbreaking footage from the madrid derby, during which the "monkey" chants were so loud that the cameras picked them up. like, I could hear them on my shitty stream even. the whole thing is stunning in its shittiness, and at around :40, cris -- who was also getting death chants -- signals to Marcelo not to let anyone see that he's upset. and it just. it's so painful and such an indictment of the state of the sport, particularly in spain.




after this game, atletico keeper David De Gea -- another person I really wanted to like! -- totally shrugged it off. i think he said something along the lines of "all the other kids are doing it." it was painful then, and in combination with this incident it's goddamn horrible.