Juan Bernabé, the eagle trainer expelled by Lazio for making the fascist salute: "I'm from the right, from Vox, but I'm not a fascist"

Juan Bernabé

is

, he is from

, he trains

and accumulates a career worthy of any footballer. He first spent seven years at

, between

, and later 'signed' for

after a brief collaboration with

. In both teams he was in charge of training the eagle that represented the club. '

in Lisbon and '

in Rome.

In the Lisbon group, in whose shield said bird reigns (that is why they have the nickname of 'eagles'), it became so famous that it served as a tourist attraction during the

.

His Canadian eagle flew for years before each match at the

, and now he did so at the

.

This week, after a decade as part of the Italian team, the relationship between Bernabé and the Roman team has ended.

.

The reason?

that have made him the star of the day in Italy.

"Duce! Duce!"

sang Bernabé and

Lazio

after the 3-1 win over

last Saturday. The name by which

refers to the

. The image of Bernabé, an eagle on his arm, raising his hand has gone around Italy and half of Europe and has been denounced, among others, by the Union of Italian Jewish Communities. "There can be no ambiguity or hesitation.

of the world of football," said its president, Noemi Di Segni.

The reaction has been so important that Lazio has been forced to release a statement within hours of the publication of the video, arguing that

and that he immediately suspended any service that the Spanish could be offering to the entity.

"Bernabé is an unregistered employee of a

", justifies the whole of Rome.

"

, the fans and our values."

The ultras of Lazio

They are located in the famous

of the stadium

and they have been the protagonists of many controversies for displaying banners of fascist symbolism.

"It was a military salute"

EL MUNDO

has tried to contact the Spanish falconer, but Bernabé has preferred to

waiting for the movements that his lawyer may make to deal with his contracts with Lazio. "He says that it has been a

, that

" a person close to the trainer assures this newspaper, who, given the controversy that arose in the transalpine country, gave his only statements to the newspaper '

'.

"

" he explained. "I am a

-

person

, absolutely, from

, but I do not have fascist ideals. In Spain, the fascist salute is made with the arm in a straight line," he added. "I am a man who has traveled the world and who has relationships with people of all races. It was a gesture to celebrate the end of a match,

, never fascist," he concluded.

Bernabé, who also worked at the wedding of the

and became a falconer

, declared in 2012 in an interview in the newspaper AS to be a "born

" and to dream of his eagle "

":" There is nothing bigger than Madrid ".

.

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