George Simion's ultrasound portrait, strokes with gendarmes and racist messages: shouted to us against the political class and that all parties are garbage
The coin has been beaten in the last days that Romania has a choice between a former Olympic in Mathematics and a former ultras from the gallery. The theme was taken over and carried away from the international sports press, who “painted” George Siimon (38 years old).
George Simion was a job protester
“Simion was present at the Bulgaria-Romanian match, since 2007, marked by violent incidents in the stands. The Romanian fans created problems at the Vasil Levski stadium in Sofia, the Bulgarian Gendarmerie used sticks to stifle the revolt.
During that trip, a Romanian fan was arrested by the Bulgarian authorities. George Simion was 21 years old and was in the front line. In 2011, when the national team faced Bosnia, Simion was photographed near a racist banner. The message, translated from the Bosnian, sounded like this: “Gypsies call the Gypsies.”
A year later, during the friendly match between Romania and Uruguay, on the arena in Bucharest, he was the protagonist of a protest against the mining project in Roșia Montană. On that occasion, Simion and other ultras have shown against Gold Corporation, responsible for a controversial gold mining project in the region.
Over the years, Simion's ties with his former colleagues have cooled. And the ultras went so far that they challenged him and distanced them.
“He shouted to us that he is against the political class and that all the parties are garbage. Now he is with them, in their world, and it is difficult to distinguish him from the others. For us, it is a disappointment to see how much has changed in these years,” they said. Simion was also co -founder of the main galleries that support the national team of Romania, Honor et Patria and UST”, Writes the Italian publication at Gazzetta Dello Sport.
The Italians promote a statement by Simion, who claims to be broken by the world of stadiums: “I go to the matches of the national team of Romania. Are the only matches we have watched in an organized way”.
