FC Barcelona gamers rejoice on the finish of their La Liga match vs Actual Madrid on October 26, 2024. — AFP
MADRID: Actual Madrid condemned racism from a few of their supporters aimed toward Barcelona gamers together with teenager Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Balde in the course of the membership’s 4-0 Clasico defeat on Saturday.
La Liga stated they’d report the incidents to Spanish authorities, whereas the federal government was additionally vital of the abuse.
“Real Madrid strongly condemns any kind of behaviour involving racism, xenophobia or violence in football and sport, and deeply regrets the insults that a few fans uttered last night in one of the corners of the stadium,” stated Los Blancos in a press release Sunday.
Movies emerged on social media after the sport of racial abuse aimed toward Barcelona gamers, with 17-year-old Spain star Yamal focused throughout a aim celebration after turning into the youngest Clasico scorer.
The Spanish champions stated that they had “opened an investigation in order to locate and identify the perpetrators of these deplorable and despicable insults”.
“La Liga will immediately report the racist insults and gestures directed at Barcelona players to the hate crime unit of the national police,” stated the Spanish high flight in a press release.
Spain’s sports activities council (CSD) stated their Fee towards Violence, Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in sport would meet Monday to debate the case.
“The Clasico is one of the greatest spectacles in the world, a true expression of the importance that football has in our country,” stated the CSD in a press release.
“In it, as in any other sporting event, there can never be any room for expressions of violence, racism, xenophobia, hatred or intolerance.”
“Neither racism, nor insults, nor violence have a place in our country’s sport,” wrote Pilar Alegria, Spain’s minister for schooling, skilled growth and sports activities on social media platform X.
Elma Saiz, Spain’s minister for inclusion and migration, additionally supplied help to Yamal.
“The racist insults aimed at Lamine Yamal in the Clasico are everything we in the government will fight against,” she wrote on X.
“We will not allow attacks that we do not tolerate in other spaces to become normalised in sport.”
