MADRID, Jan. 17 (SportsFinding) –
The Permanent Commission of the State Commission against Violence, Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Sport has agreed to declare the round of 16 match of the Copa del Rey final between Rayo Vallecano and Real Betis Balompié, as well like Real Madrid-Sevilla and Valencia-FC Barcelona of LaLiga Santander.
The duel to a single match between rayistas and verdiblancos, which will be played this Thursday, January 23 at 9:00 p.m. in Vallecas, is preceded by tension in the 'Zozulia case'. The Vallecano club stopped its assignment in January 2017, from the Betic entity – for which it had signed half a year earlier -, understanding that the Ukrainian sympathized with Nazi ideas due to a series of photographs published on social networks.
Finally, his arrival in Vallecas was frustrated and he returned to Seville, where his teammates supported him with t-shirts with the motto 'We are all Zozulia', before leaving in September at Albacete Balompié. There, the player lived another episode with the Vallecana fans, who addressed him as “fucking Nazi” in a game that was eventually suspended for that reason. The player returned to receive days later the support of the staff of the Verdiblanco team.
In addition, Antiviolencia has also included in the high-risk statement two LaLiga Santander matches, this Saturday, of the twentieth day, between Real Madrid and Sevilla FC at Santiago Bernabéu and that of matchday 21 between Valencia CF and FC Barcelona, which will be played on Saturday, January 25 in Mestalla.