Marquense coach is suspended and fined for racist insults towards a Nueva Concepción player

In the game of day 14 of the Opening tournament of the First Division League, was played at the Marquesa de la Ensenada stadium, the game between Deportivo Marquense and Nueva Concepcion, which ended in victory for the lions 2-0.

But the scoreboard drifted after a reaction was raised that was taken as act of racism by the coach of Marquense, the Argentinian Juan Manuel Cavallo, about the player Colombian John Balanta.

At the time, The Nueva Concepción board denounced the bad behavior of the Argentine on their social networks and went to the Disciplinary Body of the First Division League to investigate the case. said entity made the pertinent inquiries and asked the referee of that match, José Herrera, for an extension of the report.

In it it is read that the Commissioner of that game Alicia Villatororeported that Juan Manuel Cavallo, dissatisfied with the actions of the Colombian Balanta, approached her to request to be kicked out of the game, but with profanity.

“Alicia Villatoro states: that At the end of the first half, Deportivo Marquense coach Juan Cavallo walks towards her and in an angry, abusive and arrogant way he says: ECHAME A ESE NEGRO DE M… addressing a player from Nueva Concepción, same act committed after the match”, says a part of the referee Herrera’s report.

In this situation, the Disciplinary Body of the First Division Leaguemade the decision to suspend technician Cavallo for three months and imposed a fine of Q15,000, based on what you say Article 59 of the Disciplinary Regulation of the First Division League, and the sanction according to codes 59.1 and 59.2.

Article 59. RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION

• a) The Official or Player who through acts or words humiliates, discriminates or insults a person or a group of people because of their race, skin color, language, gender, creed and origin in a way that violates human dignity.

SANCTION

• 59.1 Suspension from all Federated Soccer activities for three months;
• 59.2 If the offender is an Official, the fine will be FIFTEEN THOUSAND QUETZALES (Q15,000.00).

Said sanction enters into force from the moment of notification to the club and to the person involved, so the technician Juan Manuel Cavallo, will not be able to direct or the training sessions of the team, much less being in the technical area of the matches where Marquense is present.

At the moment the board of the lions has not shown any position, but apparently it will make the respective appeal of the sanction before the Disciplinary Body. Also, It is not ruled out that the escuintleco club can act legally against the Argentine.

The issue of racism is something that has been affecting soccer worldwide, but in Guatemala years ago there were cases when team fans insulted Milton “Tyson” Nunez when he played for Universidad de San Carlos in the National League. the honduran received insults from Heredia fans at the Del Monte stadium, act that became investigated by the Presidential Commission Against Discrimination and Racism -CODISRA-.

Other players like Marvin Tomás Ávila, Jonny Jefersone Brown, among many, have come to suffer with the issue of racism in Guatemalan football.

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