The Spanish football team won the European Championship in Germany and when they returned to Madrid they made a fool of themselves. We cannot remember a sporting celebration in which there were so many blunders and the minimum standards of respect required at any public event were not met. Social networks gave a good account of all the gestures and attitudes of the players of the Red all mixed, of course, with politics. Likes and dislikes. The cocktail is explosive. For some, they were heroes on Sunday, but on Monday they became villains. For others, the next day idolatry soared.
One of the scenes of the evening festival was played by Carvajal at the Moncloa stadium. Morata, with the trophy in his hand, was the first to greet the President of the Government at the traditional reception. Immediately afterwards, the right-back shook Sánchez’s hand without looking him in the eye and with an attitude that was interpreted as a snub. The social networks exploded. “As a player, I stay away from my political ideology; I have done so throughout my career and I will continue to do so,” the protagonist had said about his teammate Mbappé’s statements about the rise of the extreme right in France.
There are even those who described Carvajal’s reaching out as “excessive.” The reasoning of the writer Jano García was this: the footballer’s father is a national police officer and some of his colleagues were injured in the riots in the process whose leaders have been pardoned by Sánchez; too much so that he did not withdraw his greeting. Carvajal could also have chosen to stay out of Moncloa.
Hours later, in Plaza de Cibeles, the apotheosis came. Thousands of people packed the streets of the capital and, of course, the footballers got even more excited. The climax came when Rodri, who plays for Manchester, and Morata sang “Gibraltar Spanish”. As motivation before the final, it could be worth it. As a celebration, it is on a par with when a semi-unknown Abascal took a block of concrete from the waters near the Rock and was declared wanted. It happened ten years ago. By the way, Infanta Elena and the mayor of Madrid, Martínez-Almeida, were caught following the anti-British chant in the VIP area.
There are those who celebrate that this kind of thing is becoming normal among young people, but the reality is that the example given by some champions was not gratifying. Let us stick with their football and with King Felipe celebrating the victory.
Source: www.lavanguardia.com
