MADRID, Jan. 27 (SportsFinding) –
RCD Espanyol has identified the 12 fans, nine of them blue and white partners, who last Saturday sent racist insults to Athletic Club striker Iñaki Williams, and announced that he will take the “appropriate measures” against them, which can go from his ” suspension “as subscribers to their” expulsion “from any club activity.
“Once the pertinent and exhaustive analysis of the video images of the events occurred last Saturday, in which shouts of racist character were delivered to the player Iñaki Williams, the RCD Espanyol of Barcelona has determined the involvement of 12 individuals in the sectors 107 and 108, all of them located outside the space it occupies of the Grada de Animación, “said the statement of the club perico.
In addition, it confirms that nine of them “are partners”, while the other three “are occasional ticket buyers.” “The club shall submit this complete report to the Social Discipline Committee to determine the appropriate measures included in the Internal Discipline Regulations of the club, and which may result in the suspension of subscriber and membership cards and the expulsion of any activity carried out by the blue and white entity, “he said.
In addition, the blue and white entity assured that it has transferred its report to the police bodies that prepare the proceedings so that they “purge the possible criminal responsibilities.” RCD Espanyol de Barcelona reiterates, once again, its strong condemnation of any sample of a racist and violent nature. Our entity, in its 119 years of history, has always advocated strictly sports values such as respect for the rival, work and sacrifice, above any result, “he concluded.
Last Saturday, Iñaki Williams revealed that he had received racist insults from the stands of the RCDE Stadium during the match that Athletic Club played against RCD Espanyol (1-1). “” I'm going a little sad for the draw and over All because I have suffered racist insults. It is something that no black player or any race wants to hear, which is totally out of place, “said the player.
Williams, the son of Ghanaian parents, was replaced by Raúl García in the 69th minute of the duel at Cornellà-El Prat; It was at that moment when he heard the racist insults, and asked his partner Iker Muniain to communicate it to the Murcian collegiate José María Sánchez Martínez. However, the game continued.
The only game suspended for insults in the Spanish league has been Rayo Vallecano-Albacete on day 20 of this season in the LaLiga SmartBank, when referee José Antonio López Toca decided that the second part in Vallecas not be played by the chants from “fucking nazi” to the Ukrainian player of the visiting team Roman Zozulia.