The problem of racism in Spanish football reappeared on a first division field. And again with one of the Williams brothers as the protagonist. Nico has suffered racist insults at the Atlético de Madrid Metropolitano. Once again the shame of European football.
It all happened when Nico was about to take a corner into the baseline occupied by the Frente Atlético in the 37th minute. The red-and-white player heard the racist insults and refused to take the shot, so the referee stopped the game. He apparently heard the monkey’s onomatopoeia.
Inaki Williams He was the first to attract the attention of the referee, Martínez Munuera. The Valencian reacted immediately and ran to the sideline to speak with the Atlético delegate. Meanwhile, Nico himself addressed the linesman with shouts of “Haven’t you heard? Have you not heard?”
That’s where the anti-racism protocol came into action. The match was stopped until the stadium’s public address system twice asked the stands to refrain from “offensive chants.” Part of the stadium reacted to this demand with whistles. Meanwhile, Gimenez and Griezmann They were trying to calm the radical colchoneros fans.
Minutes later, Nico scored Athletic’s equalizer in front of the same goal from which the alleged insults came and ran towards the corner flag, pointing to the skin of his arm, claiming his blackness.
Already on social networks, in a post on Atlético’s official X account, the club positioned itself “against any act of racism or hatred.”
The referee’s match report Martínez Munuera He recorded the incident like this:
«In approximately the 36th minute of the match, when the game was to be resumed with a corner kick in favor of Athletic Club, a sound imitating a monkey ‘UH, UH’ was heard from the southern stand, being heard by the assistant referee. number one, at the same time as Athletic Club’s number 11, Nico Williams,” he tells the minutes.
«At that precise moment the protocol against racism was activated, indicating to the Atlético de Madrid delegate that the match could not be resumed until it was communicated over the public address system that these attitudes had to stop and that, if they were repeated, we should stop again. but this time everyone entering the locker room,” added the referee.
“A minute later it was announced over the public address system, and the meeting resumed again,” he explained.
Again, an insufficient action that does not address the root of the problem. Until matches begin to be suspended, we will not stop having these racist incidents on the fields.AGENCIES
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