Mourinho accused of using a homophobic slur before CSKA Moscow vs Real Madrid

[ex-cafune.livejournal.com]

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has been accused of making a homophobic slur prior to Tuesday's Champions League game away to CSKA Moscow.

Mourinho is alleged to have called match officials "faggots" prior to the 1-1 draw in Moscow.

The European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation (EGLSF) has filed a complaint against the Special One, while co-president Louise Englefield has urged UEFA to take action against the former Chelsea and Inter Milan boss.

"Homophobia is unacceptable from anyone in football, much less from one of the game's most senior figures," Englefield was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying.

"We are deeply disappointed that Mr. Mourinho is casually using homophobic terms of abuse in his workplace.

"It is especially sad that these comments have been made during the International Football v Homophobia campaign week.

"As long-standing partners of the FARE network, we call on UEFA to take action and impose appropriate sanctions."

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NOW WITH ADDED VIDEO PROOF

at last there is a reason for my hatred of him that isn't "but i hate all the teams he coaches/he's an asshole, really"

Comments

[yeats.livejournal.com]

well it was reported in a couple places, including queerty.com (one of the biggest lgbt blogs on the net), which is how the main madrid comm got the story. definitely tumblr isn't the originating source....it's been percolating ever since the video came out, but the lack of a response from the major spanish media outlets has probably impeded its general exposure.

[yeats.livejournal.com]

ha ikr...they're right up there with the italian media.

[verses.livejournal.com]

they don't even care about racism so there's no way they'll care about this

[moodyriver.livejournal.com]

I hope other major, non-Spanish outlets pick it up soon, then, because this is the kind of story that merits more attention. We've heard a lot about racism recently, and rightfully so, considering Terry/Suarez/Busquets/etc. and their various shitstorms, but I'm sure that incidents like this happen frequently in football and are never reported to the clubs, much less the media.

[yeats.livejournal.com]

absolutely.

[mardia.livejournal.com]

The general lack of comments by the Guardian/Telegraph this past week on homophobia has been TRULY depressing, so I doubt they will say anything. Although they really should. (Dirty Tackle's just picked it up, which is a little bit encouraging.)

[mhfromnh.livejournal.com]

Terry said something? when?

[moodyriver.livejournal.com]

I just meant that the incident involving Terry received a lot of media coverage.

[mhfromnh.livejournal.com]

I didn't really hear anything. don't know why.