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Former Atletico Madrid assistant manager German Burgos had to apologise on Spanish television after a comment about Barcelona's Lamine Yamal that provoked an interview boycott from both Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.
Former Atletico keeper Burgos, working as a pundit on Movistar Plus, was speaking over images of the Barcelona youngster juggling the ball along the touchline ahead of Barca's game against PSG.
He said: 'If it doesn't go well for him, he could end up at a traffic light.' The comment was a reference to people who juggle for change at traffic lights.
It was condemned online as insensitive at best and at worst racist and when both clubs involved in the tie said they would not be offering up post-match interviews to the channel until they made an on air apology, first from the interview area of the Parc des Princes and then back in the studio.
Burgos said: 'It was a comment made without the intention of hurting anyone. If anyone felt
