Liga MX’s Atlas FC have apologised after a post from their Twitter account made reference to the Nazis and Joseph Goebbels.
The Mexican side secured a 1-0 victory over MLS outfit New York City FC in the Leagues Cup on Sunday.
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New York did have a late equaliser ruled out for offside when VAR overturned the match official’s original decision.
The call was contested but Atlas’s official account defended the decision on social media.
They tweeted: “It is unfortunate how ‘influencers’, media people, ‘analysts’ manipulate by generating ideas of ‘supposed help’, but remembering what Goebbels, the Nazi Minister of Information (Hitler’s right-hand man) said, which they apply to perfection: ‘lie, lie, lie because something will stick, the bigger the lie, the more people will believe it.”
Atlas later deleted the post and apologised on Twitter.
“Atlas FC are deeply sorry for any confusion that the use of a sensitive and unnecessary reference in a tweet this morning may have caused,” the statement read.
“WE REJECT and are against any value that said regime represented in one of the darkest times of humanity. It is precisely what should be avoided in all aspects.
“We reiterate our solidarity, friendship and affection for the Jewish community and all those who have been victims of barbarity as we reaffirm our commitment to work together as a society and stop defamation, distortion of information and lies as a petty way of seeking notoriety by harming others.
“We will open the relevant investigations to understand the origin of the tweet and we will act accordingly internally. We call for fair play also off the pitch, where we all add to the spectacle, co-existence and the development of our football.”
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