Categories: Football

A plane with a supremacist flag flew over the Etihad: “White lives mater”

A plane with the message “White lives matter Burnley” has flown over the Etihad Stadium just before the match between Manchester City and Burnley, while the footballers were kneeling in support, precisely, of the Black Lives Matter. The plane has not been organized by either club, but has been chartered by an amateur.

During the first minutes of the meeting, the plane could be seen flying over the stadium. He BurnleySubsequently, it issued a statement giving its position on what happened: “The Burnley strongly condemns the actions of those responsible of the offensive sign plane that flew over Etihad Stadium on Monday night. We want to make it clear that those responsible are not welcome at Turf Moor

All Premier League teams have shown their support for the Black Lives Matter at the beginning of each match. In fact, in all of them there has been a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the coronavirus and subsequently the 22 players have knelt for several seconds on the field, before the initial whistle.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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