The Jalisco Stadium, home of the manly Pre-Olympic, witnessed the birth of the discriminatory expression against rival goalkeepers and the building and tournament are again witnesses to its appearance.
The Jalisco stadium hosted the Mexican Under-23 National Team to look for a ticket to the Olympics again. In 2004, the Tricolor earned its place for the summer fair in Athens, but in the qualifying tournament a shout was presented that cost the Mexican Football Federation complaints, sanctions, criticism and the threat of the FIFA to subtract points from national teams in official tournaments.
The property is once again home to the tournament 17 years later, and despite the public reduced to the stands by the COVID-19 pandemic and possible sanctions, in the first 20 minutes of the match where Mexico won 4-1 in the Dominican Republic, the homophobic cry that once again threatens Mexican football with possible sanctions was heard three times.
in Guadalajara the Mexican national team concretized its passage to the Athens 2004 Olympic GamesBut the night of February 10 will be remembered as the occasion that the shout against the rival goalkeeper became popular.
In that semifinal match in front United States, The Tri offered chair on the track of the Jalisco stadium and thrashed 4 to 0 to his rival, but, despite the good time that the Mexican team lived, that evening was recorded by the discriminatory expression by the fans when the American goalkeeper put the ball in play .
Faced with the tension that was experienced in that meeting, the archer of United States, Delvin Countess, took a long time to resume the game and could not find a way to attend the start to his teammates, which is why the northern part of the Jalisco stadium start shouting the popular ‘ehhhh p ….’.
Before the joy that caused the made goals obtained on the part of the Mexican combined one, the infamous shout began to be made feel during all the party, reason for which was adopted by tapatíos equipment and later it was replicated in the different ones Mexican football stadiums.
The high-sounding expression in the clearings in the rival archers, ‘presented worldwide’ in the Brazil World Cup 2014, Which generated complaints that reached the FIFA, Situation that mobilized the clubs and the MX League to prevent this bad practice from being maintained in the stadiums.
Despite multiple awareness campaigns, the popular cry was once again starring in Guadalajara, When 16 years later the Jalisco stadium became the first property vetoed in the MX League, After fans called him in a duel between Atlas and Tijuana.
the Jalisco stadium will receive fans again on March 24 when the Mexican selection will face the United States, which is why fans of tapatíos and fans of the combined tricolor will have the opportunity to improve the image by leaving aside the offensive expression towards the rival goalkeeper.