The hashtag against the UEFA president, powered mainly by Juventus and Real Madrid fans, is among the hottest on Twitter
After the Superlega chaos, it is not only the rebel clubs that end up in the crosshairs of the web people. And if Aleksander Ceferin would like to exclude Real Madrid, Barcelona, Milan and Juventus from the Champions League, many are asking for his step back on social media. The hashtag #CeferinOut flies on Twitter and the protest obviously extends to the whole of UEFA as an organization. In Spain it is mainly Real Madrid fans who fuel the social uprising against the Uefa president, in Italy those of Juventus. Sometimes the two things get mixed up: “#Ceferinout. Act of faith”, writes a user publishing the crests of Juve and Real and the words: “Toghether”. “Every Juventus player should rebel against this way of approaching clubs that have made football history”, writes another Juventus fan.
And again: “So let’s summarize. Football belongs to the fans. The fans say #CeferinOUT. Is there anything else to add Aleksander? Ah, yes … close the door when you leave”; “Football is ours not yours. You angered the wrong fans. You angered the wrong teams”; “Incredible! The hashtag #CeferinOut is becoming popular on Twitter and is a trend topic in Spain and Italy. Did Uefa talk about ‘people’s football’? Here is the answer!”; “Football belongs to the fans. The fans say #CeferinOUT”. There is no shortage of provocations or criticisms of Inter, which was the first in Italy to be called out of the Superlega project. But regardless of how the sanctions issue will turn out, judging by the tenor of the comments, the anti-Ceferin fans seem willing to prolong the protest for a long time.