The 17-year-old midfielder was attacked throughout Saturday’s basic between Actual Madrid and Barcelona.
Actual Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at gamers throughout Saturday’s 4-0 residence loss to Barcelona in LaLiga.
Spanish media reported that Barcelona ahead Lamine Yamal, 17, of Equatoguinean and Moroccan descent, was subjected to xenophobic and racist abuse on the Bernabéu. Barcelona didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from the Reuters information company.
“Actual Madrid strongly condemns any kind of conduct that entails racism, xenophobia or violence in soccer and sport, and deeply regrets the insults that a number of followers uttered final night time in one of many corners of the stadium,” Actual Madrid stated in a press release. introduced on Sunday.
The Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga have taken steps to handle the rise in racist abuse with measures together with partial stadium closures.
4 folks had been arrested and questioned in Spain on Thursday on suspicion of finishing up a web-based hate marketing campaign encouraging followers to racially abuse Actual Madrid’s Brazilian striker Vinicius Jr within the build-up to their match in opposition to Atlético Madrid on final month.
In June, the Valencia Justice of the Peace’s Court docket handed down the primary conviction for racist insults in a soccer stadium in Spain.