Racist scandal during a Spain-France match

A spectator mimed monkey gestures during the Spanish and French streamers’ match at the Metropolitano, Atlético’s stadium. The meeting was interrupted, following the forcing of the French players.

Racism in a forum in Spain. Again. Saturday evening took place the rematch of the match between French and Spanish streamers. After a first act won by the “Blues” two years ago at the Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris, all these little people found themselves at the Civitas Metropolitano in Madrid, the Atlético stadium, in front of around 47,000 spectators (and a million viewers online).

Beyond the 2-0 victory for the Spaniards, the highlight is the interruption of the match and this racist incident. A spectator mimed monkey gestures towards a French player, Brawks. His teammates came to defend him, before deciding to return to the locker room. The meeting then resumed, after a call to order at the microphone made by the two captains.

“It’s more than important, we just want to play football and provide entertainment. What happened in an extra-sporting manner is unacceptable, we will always be there to fight this, Amine told RMC after the meeting.

We set an example in a certain way, we are sometimes models for some. We can’t let this go. I thank certain Spanish players who were exemplary, came to me and said ‘we’ll stop the match with you’. The supporters, we can’t control everything but I regret, I apologize to everyone because it’s my responsibility, it’s my fault. I knew it before coming here, only I can handle that. I apologize to the players and supporters who were insulted. But we’re not here to be victims, we’re going to fight this thing. You have to hold on until the end, you have to be firm, there is no debate. We acted normally. »

An isolated case, but…

While the behavior of the Spanish players was praised (“Some had tears in their eyes and wanted to stop”, confided the French coach), the French streamers do not wish to generalize. “There is some dissociation work to be done because the guy is a son of a bitch, an imbecile, but maybe the others are not like him,” says Carlito. At the same time we wanted to stop, we played again anyway. But Brawks, he cried, he has an arrow in his heart, it’s crazy. I hope this is an isolated case of an idiot. »

An isolated case but a recurring scene, which frequently occurs in La Liga, notably towards Vinicius Jr. And the Brazilian from Real Madrid is perhaps not as supported by his partners as Brawks was during this streamers match.

“For us it’s normal, we’re tired of being silent, of being subjected to things, reacted the rapper SDM. It was important to do that, hoping that it sets an example for the older ones. »