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

[beckella.livejournal.com]

Apparently, the ugly from his hair cut seeped into his brain and took root. Ugh.

[yeats.livejournal.com]

madridistas have been talking this over for days. it's just. really disappointing.

[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.

[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.

[sukha4.livejournal.com]

I was wondering when this will be posted.
I feel really disappointed and surprised even. I know his media tactics but not this.

And am I right in thinking this hasn't been reported by many major media outlets? It's on goal.com and daily mail but hardly anywhere else.

[schmiss.livejournal.com]

How disappointing.

[yeats.livejournal.com]

absolutely.

[nulz.livejournal.com]

not surprised. i've always considered him to have a nasty streak. i just hope action is taken and with EGLSF being involved...surely this won't be ignored.
perhaps i'm being too optimistic...

[verses.livejournal.com]

no1curr in spain

[verses.livejournal.com]

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

[verses.livejournal.com]

the use of the word was wrong, but this story makes it sound like he yelled YOU'RE ALL FAGGOTS at the match officials. he was unprofessional and perpetuated the derogatory trend of maricon being synonymous with asshole. which is wrong. but he didn't yell FAGGOT at a match official. why is it so hard to call people out for doing shitty things without construing them as even shittier things?

[genbu-no-miko24.livejournal.com]

he's got some nerve saying " esos maricones".



smh

[bleeding-dry.livejournal.com]

I've read it first on a Spanish newspaper days ago. Can't remember which though.

[albatr0ss1.livejournal.com]

I'm really tempted to say: "He's a cunt"...

But I figure that most people here probably don't know me well enough to appreciate what I'd be saying with that. Or the almost physical pain it causes me to make a point in such a manner. So I won't ;).


And for those who *do* know me well enough, or have witnessed my rants in the past and/or can figure it out... it's not a defence or justification, merely an observation :)

[sukha4.livejournal.com]

"Mourinho is alleged to have called match officials "faggots" prior to the 1-1 draw in Moscow."
How is that in anyway inaccurate? It's just a simple fact.

[genbu-no-miko24.livejournal.com]

lol no the articles describes what he did.

didn't yell it, but did say it lol

[sugarholic22.livejournal.com]

SPORT mentioned it but didn't give it much importance. Weird thing coming from a 100% culé and anti-mourinho newspaper
http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/champions/mourinho-esos-maricones-dicen-con-que-balon-juega-1433466
Tbh I always critize everything that comes out his mouth, but this time I think it's unfair to call him homophobic... I don't think he used "maricones" as an insult to homosexual people He just knew it was an insult and used it, without thinking about the meaning of it. Like most people in Spain do, it's one of the most common insults these days....
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's ok to use it but it's just the sad reality.
Sorry if this doesn't really make sense, I couldn't even find the words to say it in spanish, so it turned out even worse and more confusing in english xD

[lafuriarosa.livejournal.com]

Yes, the use of the word was reprehensible and as a Madridista, I am deeply disappointed in Mourinho.

However, the way that this story is being reported is also disappointing.

Oh dear. Where's staystranger ? We need her wisdom.

[mardia.livejournal.com]

I'm more than a little confused by your comment. I'm not blind to potential media bias/bad reporting, but I don't see how that's happening here. He used a derogatory and homophobic slur to refer to the referees in a game. This article reports that. There really isn't a bias as far as I can see.

[sparklytee.livejournal.com]

fucking ew. shut up, mou.

[mardia.livejournal.com]

What he did is plenty shitty enough. The article's reporting what he said. And the quote from the president of the LGBT group in the article highlights what's really wrong, which is that he thinks it's okay to use this kind of language casually in the workplace.

[albatr0ss1.livejournal.com]

I think that the point that my illustrious colleague is making is that there are subtleties of tone, delivery and context that the articles do not appear to pick up on, or perhaps chose to ignore. Such things can alter the meaning significantly. Language is a complex thing, and communication is much more than just the words that are said. (But you know that. lol.)

:)

[mardia.livejournal.com]

FFS, Mourinho. This is incredibly disappointing/awful, and shows not just that Mourinho's an asshole (bad enough he's using that language, even WORSE that he's directing it to referees, jfc, way to be unprofessional as fuck) but it shows just how prevalent casual homophobia is in football still.

Also, I'm just gonna say it: I get that Spanish culture is different from English culture, and that sometimes translation issues can occur. I get that. But I don't see how that's happening here, in THIS case, and I don't get any sense of a "bias" from this article at all. It reports what he said. The fact that the word is considered to be synonymous with asshole doesn't make Mourinho's behavior okay, it just highlights the fact that homophobia still exists in Spanish society, like it exists in most societies. If a fourteen year-old kid in Iowa or wherever calls his friend a "fag", it's not okay even if he just meant to say "asshole". And Mourinho is a) a grown man and b) a professional that represents Real Madrid, so he doesn't even have the excuse of being young enough not to know better.

[genbu-no-miko24.livejournal.com]

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


but thats exactly what he did.....I understand spanish and speak it fluently and thats exactly what I picked up.


betcha you didn't know that lol