Soccer player Santiago Borja Iglesias after suffering homophobic comments: “I send a lot of encouragement to you who are still in prehistory”

Last weekend several players from Betis They attended the wedding of a member of the coaching staff in Sevilla. The five of them posed together in a photo they posted on the internet, in which the two of them can be seen, a Aitor Ruibal and in Santiago Borja Iglesiaswith two bags.

The picture was quickly ridiculed on the networks by other users who criticized their way of dressing or questioned their sexual status, some homophobic comments to which both football players did not hesitate to react.

First it was Aitor Ruibal who, after making it clear that those who tried to ridicule them were a “noisy minority”, wanted to emphasize “the importance of maintaining respect for anyone, regardless of their sexual orientation or any other kind of ; the need to once and for all normalize and live together, reject and distance ourselves from all kinds of phobias, in order to enable a normal life in our society; condemn the homophobia that evidently still exists to a greater or lesser extent and fight for its eradication; Those who at this moment they continue to show this behavior they urgently need help They have a problem because of their intolerance and their complexes.

After the frustrated attempts of the noisy minority to make fun of my colleague Borja Iglesias and me, in relation to our clothes as well as their alleged connection with our sexual orientation, I just want to emphasize:

— Aitor Ruibal Garcia (@aRuibal9) June 11, 2023

A welcome reaction to which that of Compostela was added Borja Iglesiasnickname Panda – because of his membership in the Panda Team, as Celta B was known in the 2016/2017 season- who resolutely defended that “I send a lot of encouragement to those of you who are still in prehistory, it must be very difficult not to develop and continue conditioning himself instead of enjoying how precious life is.” The striker, deciding for the Sevillian team to achieve a third consecutive placement in the European qualifiers, reaffirmed his commitment. Every time such situations occur related to the phobias that still exist, they give me the strength to keep fighting so that everyone can work and to enjoy himself and others as he really wants, he pointed out.

Thank you very much for all the messages of love you always send me.
And to those of you still in prehistory, I send a lot of encouragement, it must be very hard not to evolve and keep conditioning yourself instead of enjoying how precious life is.

— Borja Iglesias (@BorjaIglesias9) June 11, 2023

And that is that Borja Iglesias has not been silent for years. Already in 2020, and after he was criticized after another photo of him was published, in which he is seen at Betis training with black painted nails, the man from Santiago wanted to answer the question posed to him by a Twitter user, that « what what the hell?

The football player explained it to him: “It is a way of raising awareness and fighting from my position against racism, but I think it is good for me and against homophobia. Other than that, I have to admit that I like them. The answer received great applause and caused many comments in favor of Compostela. On that occasion, the soldier later apologized.