Atletico apologizes for ugly Puerta chants against Sevilla
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October 5, 2011, Wednesday
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ATLETICO Madrid have apologized to the family of Antonio Puerta after fans chanted offensive slogans about the deceased Sevilla midfielder during a La Liga game between the two Spanish clubs.
Puerta died in August 2007, three days after collapsing during a match against Getafe. Atletico fans chanted "Oh, oh, oh, Puerta's feeling dizzy" on Sunday at the Vicente Calderon, prompting a strongly worded statement from the Madrid club.
"Atletico Madrid profoundly regrets the chants directed against ... Antonio Puerta," the club said on its website.
"Our club expresses its deep revulsion at such chants and apologizes to the family of the deceased footballer, to Sevilla and to football in general," the statement added.
"We support respect in football and we hope that these actions are not repeated either in our stadium or at any other field."
The chants at the Calderon came on the same weekend fans of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur forced the English Premier League clubs to put their bitter rivalry aside to condemn offensive chants from both sets of supporters during Sunday's north London derby at White Hart Lane.
Arsenal fans were offensive towards their former striker Emmanuel Adebayor who now plays for Spurs, mocking the gun attack on his Togo team bus during last year's African Nations Cup tournament in Angola which left three members of the Togo party dead.
The Arsenal fans chanted: "It should have been you, it should have been you, killed in Angola, it should have been you."
Spurs fans targeted Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger with their own offensive insult as they have done for much of the last decade.
Puerta died in August 2007, three days after collapsing during a match against Getafe. Atletico fans chanted "Oh, oh, oh, Puerta's feeling dizzy" on Sunday at the Vicente Calderon, prompting a strongly worded statement from the Madrid club.
"Atletico Madrid profoundly regrets the chants directed against ... Antonio Puerta," the club said on its website.
"Our club expresses its deep revulsion at such chants and apologizes to the family of the deceased footballer, to Sevilla and to football in general," the statement added.
"We support respect in football and we hope that these actions are not repeated either in our stadium or at any other field."
The chants at the Calderon came on the same weekend fans of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur forced the English Premier League clubs to put their bitter rivalry aside to condemn offensive chants from both sets of supporters during Sunday's north London derby at White Hart Lane.
Arsenal fans were offensive towards their former striker Emmanuel Adebayor who now plays for Spurs, mocking the gun attack on his Togo team bus during last year's African Nations Cup tournament in Angola which left three members of the Togo party dead.
The Arsenal fans chanted: "It should have been you, it should have been you, killed in Angola, it should have been you."
Spurs fans targeted Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger with their own offensive insult as they have done for much of the last decade.
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