Homophobic chant returns in Mexico's World Cup match against the Czech Republic

AP ^ | June 24, 2026

[MinorityRepublican]

Fans at Mexico’s final World Cup group stage match on Wednesday chanted a slur that has previously led to fines and other sanctions against the country’s soccer federation.

The slur, which literally means male ********** in Spanish, could be heard at the Azteca stadium toward the end of the first half when Czech goalkeeper Matej Kovar took a goal kick.

The chant has cost Mexico hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines levied by FIFA. It rose to popularity roughly 25 years ago and is used to intimidate goalkeepers when they take goal kicks.

It went viral in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and was heard again in Russia during the 2018 World Cup and four years later in Qatar. It has persisted despite attempts by the Mexican soccer federation to stop it.

Mexico had already advanced to the knockout phase as Group A winners ahead of the match against the Czech Republic.

[Libloather]

...male **********...

Way better than a female **********. Gonna need a biologist to figure out all this.

[FrankRizzo890]

Which is also a Filipino bread. LOL!

[OrangeHoof]

Here's a photo of the Bosnian player celebrating his goal in Wednesday's win over Qatar. Notice anything odd? I thought James Talarico had snuck onto the pitch.

[dfwgator]

[SaveFerris]

LOL 🤣😆

[SaveFerris]

The Associated Press are such Liberal Drama Queens 🙄🙄🙄

The Godless World 🌍🌏🌎 DEMANDS that others SUBMIT to their LGBTQ+ Agendas - NO, some of us will NOT "celebrate" your "cause"

HOWEVER, Here's some New Hampshire DEMOCRATS celebrating "TRANSGENDER"



The Wicked Walk
on Every Side when
Vileness is Exalted
among the sons of men

Psalm 12:8 ASV




🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION - Proverbs 16:18a 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[SaveFerris]

(I thought James Talarico had snuck onto the pitch.)

😅😂🤣🤣🤣

Seems that the other players are wearing regular sports shirts

[NorthMountain]

Is he a lumberjack?

[SaveFerris]

Though the article is definitely AP-based
the link actually goes to ABC “News”

The Liberal Mainstream Media and their allies 🙄

[SaveFerris]

(Fans at Mexico’s final World Cup group stage match on Wednesday chanted)

Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

[MNnice]

Sounds like ...

Is it bigger than a breadbox?

[dangus]

Kamala?

[BiteYourSelf]

And also, is he okay.🙄

[SaveFerris]

Just wait until FIFA hears “Money for Nothing”!!!

They should play that at the next game!

⚽⚽⚽ 🥅🥅🥅

[FreedomForce]

Why is prositute asterisked on FR but not in the article at the link?

[llevrok]

Soccer fans are, generally speaking, dicks.

There is an old saying in Britain that rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen (at their elite boarding schools) and soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans.

[Salman]

¡Puto! ¡Puto! ¡Puto! ¡Puto! ¡Puto! ¡Puto!

[fwdude]

I love this. What are the queer activists gonna do?

[GingisK]

...it is highly unlikely that Czech goalie understands that kind of Spanish word...

Only the US fails to require multiple languages.

[AZJeep]

Spanish outside Americas is not that popular.
I would be really surprised, if Czech goalie knows a word of it.
And, they do not teach those words in language classes!