Pep Guardiola rebukes fans who boo during the Ramadan break
Guardiola defends stopping matches for religious reasons and snaps: «Show respect for religions. We live in a modern world.”
Message from the Ramadan break on the football pitches.
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The match between Leeds United and Manchester City on Sunday 1 March was paused to allow three Muslim players to break the Ramadan fast. The Premier League has been applying this protocol for years so that Muslim footballers can rehydrate and consume food.. In Sunday's match at Leeds' ground, part of the stand It was met with whistles..
An angry Guardiola: «Respect diversity»
Pep Guardiola did not hide his indignation after the match. “It's the modern world. Respect religion, respect diversity. That's the point.”, the City coach said. He also recalled that the pause had been agreed by the league and that it only lasted “a minute or two”. “Why are you whistling? What's the problem?”, he added, appealing directly to respect for all religions.
Leeds manager says they were booing Guardiola
Leeds United manager Daniel Farke has defended a section of the supporters after the whistles that were heard during the break to allow Manchester City players to break their Ramadan fast. The German coach suggested there may have been some confusion about what was happening on the pitch and He has pointed out that some spectators might have interpreted the stoppage as an opportunity for Pep Guardiola to give tactical instructions to his players..
“I'm not sure everyone knew; we talked about Pep bringing in players to hold a team talk, I think the fans thought that was it,” Farke explained. However, He qualified that if the whistles were really aimed at religious observance, “that is not acceptable.”. With these remarks, the Leeds coach is attempting to defuse the tension generated by the incident, by attributing the origin of the whistles to a possible misunderstanding rather than to a direct reaction against the Ramadan break.
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