The Athletic striker of Bilbao, Iñaki Williams, clarified in subsequent statements against Espanyol that was the Canterano Maroan Sannadi who received the racist insults from a part of the RCDE Stadium stands. Therefore, the referee stopped the match for four minutes. This was detailed by the Bilbao footballer: “Maroan has made an individual play, the ball has left out and have called ‘fucking Moor’.”
Williams recalled that it is not the first time that there is a racist episode in the blue and white field. In fact, he suffered this type of insults in January 2020 and the case ended up judicialized: “It is not the first time it happens here. This should not tarnish Espanyol’s fans. They have legends like N’kono in black, or a Moroccan right side. Football must come to support the team. The players need their fans and not that there are four to tarnish the game. ”
It is not the first time this happens here. They have legends like n’kono black. The players need their fans and not that there are four to tarnish the game “
For the Basque player, we must “start from the fact that football has to come to enjoy” and “these kinds of things cannot happen.” “The referee has acted very well. We must give visibility to these episodes and punish the culprits, ”he added. He also pointed out that he did not understand why the perica fans whistled him every time he played the ball after having denounced before the referee the insults issued towards Maroan.
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In the 16th minute, the referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández stopped the duel after Iñaki Williams notified him that a racist episode had occurred. The referee went to the field delegates of both teams to inform them that he activated the anti -racism protocol and that, if those insults were repeated, he would suspend the clash and send the players to the locker room.
From the megafonia of the stadium, it was warned of what happened and the consequences it could lead to: “There has been a racist incident. The referee has stopped the game. Racism is intolerable and the game will stop if it happens again. ”
In parallel, a message was projected in the videomarker in which the following could be read: “It is remembered that the legislation for the prevention of violence in sport prohibits and sanctions active participation in violent, xenophobic, homophobic or racist acts” . After four minutes, the game was resumed. Of course, every time Williams played the ball, he received whistle from some Espanyol fans.
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