“This cannot be normalized” : interviewed by our colleagues atThe Country FC Barcelona captain Raphinha expressed this Saturday, November 2, his fed up with the racist acts committed in the stadiums.
Many FC Barcelona players, including the Brazilian international (29 caps, 9 goals), but also Lamine Yamal, Ansu Fati and Alejandro Baldé, were the targets of racist insults during spectators at the Santiago-Bernabeu stadium during the Clasico of the Spanish championship won by the Catalan club (4-0) on the pitch of its rival, Real Madrid, Saturday October 26.
“Of course it bothers us”
“Of course it bothers usindicated the former Stade Rennais player for The Country about these racist insults. After the match I spoke to Ansu [Fati] and he told us what had happened to him. He was sadder. With Lamine, we heard that they were saying things to us, but we didn't understand exactly what they were telling us. But Ansu understood it. After the match we watched the videos and that's when we realized what they had told us. » And to add: “Someone with more power has to do something”.
Ahead of the meeting, Brazilian star Real Madrid Vinicius denounced an attitude « lamentable » of certain spectators during the Clasico. “There is no place for these criminals in our society”he commented on X, giving his support to the Barcelona players targeted.
In the process, Real Madrid condemned this racist behavior and opened an investigation “in order to locate and identify the perpetrators of these deplorable and despicable insults, in order to take appropriate disciplinary and legal measures”said the Madrid club in a press release.
