One of the quarter-finals of the World Cup held in the Arab country on December 10 was played in Qatar. The match presented by La 1 de TVE, where Morocco and Portugal faced each other and was narrated by. Juan Carlos Rivero.
In one of the moves of the match, the narrator said a few words that did not go unnoticed by Pablo Iglesias. “They’re stealing and they’re running away, which is a football phrase. Whoever wants to go crazy, check their brains.“, said Rivero, who was harshly attacked by the former leader of Podemos despite clarifying the context of the statement.
“If he had decency RTVE The man who says “Moroccans steal away / it’s a football term / it’s okay if anyone gets angry” should not go back to work on state television. And so VOX, PP, and C’s got an independent for their moves.”Iglesias wrote on his Twitter account.
It didn’t take long for the tweet to go viral, and many users defended the narrator, highlighting the sports context in which the comment was made, including some faces from RTVE. Xabier Fortes, the presenter of the 24h channel, also supported his partner through the same social network. ‘Steal and run’ is the motto of the world. Football It’s been used since I was a Benjamin in the Carboniferous. It literally means ‘stealing and counter-attacking’.explained.
Although Juan Carlos Rivero did not speak directly, he wanted to answer Pablo Iglesias yes, in his own way. The journalist gave I like some of the tweets where his explanation for this sentence is defended, Like Fortes himself, but he’s not the only one. ‘like’ The experience and services provided to TVE’s La 1 and La 2 and to the millions of Spaniards who listen to the works of Juan Carlos Rivero. He just lives obsessed with neuras, ideological impositions and everything else,” wrote lawyer Juan Luis Gámez.
It is not yet clear whether the TVE narrator will respond directly to Iglesias in the next broadcast of the World Cup in Qatar, or whether he will choose to leave the discussion at this point.