He shout homophobic, which is persecuted by both Concacaf and FIFA, was present this Wednesday night in the final stretch of the duel between the Atlas del Guadalajara and the Philadelphia Unionin the stadium Jaliscoafter the red and black team fell 3-2 on the global scoreboard.
At least four timesthe local fans showed discontent during the goalkeeper’s clearances André Blake and ignored part of the warnings made by the local sound.
Atlas opened the scoring with a goal from Julián Quiñones at 11′ and gave hope to the local team, Julián Carranza equalized the cards at 28′ and Julio Furch closed the first half with 2-1.
In the plugin, Carranza again appeared in the electronic at 78 ‘and the red and black captain, Aldo Rocha, was sent off at 87 ‘.
With this result and the expulsion of Rocha for complaints against the whistler, the fans expressed their annoyance with the chant every time the goalkeeper cleared the ball from his area.
He sidetone was present and issued warnings; however, they were ignored by the supporters until the final whistle, when they dismissed the team with a loud boo.
“Terrible Atlas and terrible his fans with the homophobic cry. What a shame, once again”wrote about it on Twitter Iván López, an analyst at W Radius.
Homophobic shouting in stadiums has been a recurring theme in Mexican soccer and has caused several problems for the MX League and the Mexican Soccer Federation (fmf) in the past.
With this result, Atlas stayed in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League.
Aldo Rocha was in the squad for the matches against the Czech Republic and Greece that Mexico was going to play in March 2020, the start of the Coronavirus Pandemic caused the tour to be canceled and that frustrated the dreams that the Atlas midfielder had with the selection. Three years later, the 30-year-old footballer returns to Tricolor with Diego Cocca.
“Due to circumstances (the call) is not given, but things happen for a reason. I try to look for the good in situations, I don’t get lost and I wasn’t frustrated by a situation that, no matter how adverse it may seem, can knock me down”, commented the footballer who was shaping up to be one of the surprises of the Tricolor, to ESPN in 2020 .
At that time, the coach of the Mexican National Team was Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino and Aldo Rocha was still playing for Monarcas Morelia. In the Pandemic, his call to the Tricolor fell, the Purépecha team disappeared and became Mazatlán FC. The midfielder finished off Atlas.
Before Atlas, Rocha was associated with Chivas and América, but ended up being captain of the Zorros, who were two-time champions “by the hand of Diego Cocca.”
Rocha shone in the Zorros midfield, but ‘Tata’ Martino did not look for him again for the Mexican National Team. In addition, the injuries did not help him in the final part of the process towards Qatar 2022.
His return is thanks to an old acquaintance, Diego Cocca, who calls him for the match against the United States, in the midst of US dominance over Mexico and criticism against the former coach of Atlas and Tigres.
Rocha has the opportunity to show that he deserves a place in the Mexican National Team, at 30 years old, and in passing to lend a hand to Diego Cocca, both two-time champions with Atlas.
