Williams told Captain Muniain the insults he had received, who in turn transmitted them to the referee. The game, however, continued to play normally
Wlliams, during the match against Espanyol.
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Tie.
Toms rescues Espanyol
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Incidents
Fights in Cornell and Valencia
On a day to forget in Spanish football, with serious incidents between ultras in Cornell and Valencia, there was still one more reason to embarrass as a society. Iaki Williams, Athletic striker, has publicly denounced the racist insults he has received in the Espanyol field by local fans. The meeting was not suspended nor was there any threat of it, contrary to what happened a few weeks ago with Rayo-Albacete after the insults of “Nazi fucking” towards Roman Zozulia.
“I'm going a little sad for the draw and especially because I have suffered racist insults, which is something that no black player of any race wants to hear. It is something that is totally out of place, people have to come to the stadium to enjoy, to cheer on their team. Football is a sport of friendship and team and this type of event cannot occur, “said the player in statements to the official Athletic media.
The critics will have been produced at the time it was replaced, in minute 69 of the match. Williams left the field on the baseline, as it was closest to his position. The television images show that at one point the Athletic striker reacts to a comment he hears and faces someone in the stands until one of the Athletic's utilmers goes in his search.
Williams broadcast to Iker Muniain, as captain of Athletic, the racist insults he had received, who in turn transmitted them to the referee of the match, Snchez Martnez. The game, however, continued to play normally.
“We have taken a step back in the work begun years ago, the violent incidents of Barcelona and Valencia, the racist insults to Iaki Williams do a lot of damage to all Spanish football. LaLiga assumes its responsibility, we will look with the clubs where the error is” , published hours later the president of LaLiga, Javier Thebes, in your Twitter account.
It is not the first time that Williams has to endure racist insults from a rival fan. In 2016, a Sporting-Athletic stopped for a minute for “sounds imitating the onomatopoeia of the monkey aimed at the player Iaki Williams”, as reflected in the minutes of Clos Gmez, referee of that game. Sporting was punished with the partial closure of a tier of El Molinn.
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