LONDON — When the white handkerchiefs are waved en masse at the team, the coaches and the club president at Real Madrid’s stadium, it usually has drastic repercussions. It means the coach is on the firing line.
The gesture is one of derision, of rejection by Real Madrid’s supporters of their own team, and the handkerchiefs came out Saturday at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as the home team lost, 4-0, to its rival, F.C. Barcelona, in the first el Clásico of the season.
The opening and final goals were struck by the Uruguayan Luis Suárez.