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Pep Guardiola: "The world has left Palestine alone. We’ve done absolutely nothing. They’re not at fault for being born there. We’ve all allowed Israel to destroy an entire people. The damage is already done and it’s irreparable… I can't imagine a person who could defend the massacres in Gaza"

Aquest dimarts a l'Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys es jugarà un partit solidari entre Catalunya i Palestina. Serà a dos quarts de set del vespre i a hores d'ara j...

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[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know, I feel like people can both advocate for moral cause while not being morally impeccable.

I'm going to be honest with you, sometimes I just feel like dropping modern professional football as a whole. The whole industry is corrupted as hell, FIFA is supporting petrostates dictatorships, national leagues try to optimize their profit by any way possible, clubs are owned more and more by investors who just see them as financial products and don't care about the game itself.

I'm really considering stopping following professional football and just go to my local stadium to follow a team at 4th division level.

So yeah, considering all of that, having a coach like Guardiola making this kind of statements isn't too bad in my perspective.