REAL MADRID supporters allegedly directed homophobic chants astatine Pep Guardiola during past night’s Champions League clash.
His Cityzens crashed retired of the contention arsenic Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick sealed a 3-1 defeat and a 6-3 aggregate nonaccomplishment successful the play-off round.
GettyMadrid fans revelled successful the triumph implicit Guardiola, who won the Champions League doubly and 3 LaLiga titles with their bitter rivals Barcelona from 2008 to 2012.
However, Spanish work Marca assertion that they began chanting towards the Catalan manager astatine 2-0, successful which they referenced an country of Madrid that is known arsenic the bosom of the cheery district.
The existent connection besides has a treble meaning and is utilized arsenic slang for idiosyncratic “crooked”.
Though Marca’s study states this peculiar chant did person homophobic undertones.
The targeting of the Man City manager comes conscionable weeks aft Guardiola’s daze split from woman Cristina Serra aft 30 years.
Showbiz reporters Lorena Vasquez and Laura Fa would aboriginal assertion that Serra, a manner entrepreneur, decided “enough was enough” erstwhile helium penned a caller City declaration aft antecedently telling her helium would determination distant from the UK.
The mates were joined successful 2014 but person lived isolated for astatine slightest the past 5 years owed to Serra moving backmost to Barcelona to unrecorded with 1 of their 3 children.
This caller study besides adds that aft Mbappe had claimed the matchball, an ironic chant of “Guardiola, stay” was directed astatine him connected astatine slightest 3 occasions.
GettyMbappe took conscionable 4 minutes to springiness Real Madrid the pb connected the night.
The Frenchman grabbed his 2nd connected 33 minutes, earlier sealing his hat-trick soon aft the hr people – with Nico Gonzalez scoring a consolation precocious on.
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