Several Mexican fans were expelled and the match between El Tri and Costa Rica stopped for three minutes by the homophobic shouts that the fans dedicated to the Costa Rican goalkeeper Leonel Moreira, during the match that last night gave the Mexicans a pass to the final of the Liga de the CONCACAF Nations.
The Mexican fans dedicated Moreira, substitute as head of the injured Keylor Navas, the famous cry “eeeh, fucking”, with each intervention of the Costa Rican goalkeeper, which motivated the activation of the CONCACAF anti-discrimination protocol.
“In the first half of the match, stadium security expelled several fans for discriminatory language after warnings were made on the public address system,” Concacaf posted on its official Twitter account of the Nations League.
The public address announcements were the first step in an anti-discrimination protocol and then came the three-minute suspension of the game, which was met with more boos.
After three minutes, the Guatemalan referee Bryan López only allowed a few seconds of play to immediately whistle the end of regulation time and go to the penalty shoot-out, in which Mexico won 5-4.
López had been able to have the option of suspending the game for another 10 minutes with the players and the referee entering the locker room, but he considered that it was not necessary.
The match was played at Empower Field At Mile High City, the home of the Denver Broncos, the team that plays in American football in the NFL, where, despite the restrictions due to covid-19, 34,451 spectators gathered. .
Mexico will play the final of the CONCACAF Nations League against the United States, which beat Honduras 1-0, thanks to a header from Jordan Siebatcheu, in the 89th minute. EFE (HN)