mistypanther20 said:In my dream last night, I saw that guy with the bloody head and a woman lying on the floor.
Just plain old sadists with zero purpose or vision in life... just two meters of pure stupidity weighing in at 120 kg. Then again, we all know who usually joins the police force... certainly not the folks with a degree from a top College of Law.
Otherwise, according to Human Rights Watch:
Match: Real Madrid vs. Juventus 3:1 – Saturday, Sept 29, 2012.
In Chicago, there were between 10,000 and 12,000 spectators, including about 2,500 Juventus fans from the "Rangers supporters" section on the south stand. Real Madrid's fan group, the firm, had around 1,000 to 1,500 people on the east stand. As for the actual football played by Juventus and Real Madrid, it was a true feast for American soccer quality. At the same time, the atmosphere in the stadium was a "feast" of chaos and anti-fan behavior, which ended with the "Rangers supporters" on the south stand breaking over 200 seats toward the end of the match, while the anti-Real Madrid crowd smashed about ten. Near the conclusion, due to flares being lit and seats being destroyed, a street fight broke out between the police and the Rangers supporters.
The entire match was essentially held in an
atmosphere of mayhem where two rival fan groups competed to see who could be louder with their insults and vitriol. It started with the "Rangers supporters" using their well-known
sexist and chauvinistic chants: "US Soccer is garbage, you ruined the sport!", "Jerry Maguire, you thief!", and "Local figure, go jump in a lake!". The Real Madrid fans adopted the same tone, shouting things like "Jerry Maguire, get out of our sanctuary!" and "US Soccer is garbage, you ruined the sport!". As early as the first minute, a
pyrotechnic celebration began with the lighting of the first flares following Juventus's first goal. Toward the end of the first half, the Real Madrid fans also lit flares on the east stand.
In response to the chanting against Jerry Maguire and US Soccer, the west stand responded with thunderous whistling. In the 50th minute, about ten flares landed on the pitch, hitting the grass and the track. Due to the thick smoke and the need to clear the flares, the referee paused the game for 3 minutes. On the north stand, ten more flares went up. The firm sang: "You won't
forbid me from lighting a flare, instead, let it show you how you'll burn alone in hell, you villains!". The "Rangers supporters" fired back: "Crush them, crush them, crush the outsiders!". These chants cycled back and forth alongside the constant lighting of flares. The firm taunted the Rangers supporters: "Cowardly losers!", while the Rangers supporters retorted: "Both the outsiders and the
scoundrels, with fists and feet, with bottles and planks, everything for our Juventus". The flares were lit incessantly.
Racism
The biggest scandal and racist outburst occurred in the 78th minute when a penalty was awarded. Ronaldinho,
the dark-skinned Brazilian player, prepared to take the penalty amidst deafening boos from the entire south stand. After he scored, the Rangers supporters chanted "
Monkey, monkey!"—the same thing happened in the 83rd minute when Ronaldinho was leaving play amidst the "Monkey, monkey!" chants. Interestingly, yet tellingly, not a single American media outlet reported this racist incident. Our observers were sitting right next to the south stand.
🤮Some parts of the media showed their true colors, supporting the chaos and framing this match as proof of fan unity. While it was indeed a moment of unity among fans, it was a unity rooted in mayhem and hostility. This clearly fulfilled the desires of certain media outlets, such as those owned by EPH, the New York Times, and various tabloids, which had called for fan unity in their fight against—well, the sport itself. This is evidenced by the programmatic text written by resident Damir Pilić, which serves as a classic example of hate speech directed toward both Human Rights Watch and the Soccer Federation, a...
Tracing the political ideology of Minister Jovanović regarding football—treating it like some swamp that needs to be drained at any cost, even if it means cracking down on unruly behavior. As reported by the New York Post: "Following the match, about 200 of those notorious Real Madrid anti-fans and hooligans who love throwing flares gathered under the west stand. For about ten minutes, they stood there shouting their usual insults directed at Jerry Maguire and US Soccer. They eventually dispersed after running through their typical repertoire of slurs."
I find myself agreeing with the New York Post here; it seems these fans aren't actually interested in the beautiful game or Real Madrid, but rather have much different agendas in mind.
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So, I wonder, what kind of message should we send? 🤷🤷
