Milan, 4 April 2021 – Bad episode in the Spanish Liga. At 30 ‘of the match of the 29th day between Cadiz e Valencia, during an animated quarrel between the defender of the guests Mouctar Diakhaby and the local player Juan Cal, the latter addressed a racist insult to the opponent. The companions of the Frenchman, hearing the offense, decided to leave the field for 20 minutes, before Diakhaby convinced them to return to avoid defeat at the table. “The team has come together and decided to return to the pitch to defend our colors and our symbol, but Valencia CF strongly condemns racism in all its forms. No to racism,” reads the Valencia tweet.
The message of the Cadiz
Cadiz also spoke out at the end of the match about the incident. “The Cadiz Football Club, following what happened in the match against Valencia, wants to make the following considerations: – We are against any situation of racism or xenophobia, whoever is the author, and we work for its eradication – reads in the note published by the company – All the authors of these attitudes, regardless of whether they come from our team or not, must pay for it; – We do not doubt the honesty of all the members of our squad, firm defenders of the fight against racism, whose attitude has always been exemplary in all the games played; – We always ask for an attitude of respect and responsibility towards the opponents; – We work and continue to work so that in our football there is no xenophobic behavior, with a ‘no to racism’ with all its strength “.
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