MADRID, Jan. 20 (SportsFinding) –
The president of the Football Federation of Madrid, Francisco Díez, has announced that they will be “hard and forceful” against cases of racism, aggressions and contempt that are lived in all the football fields of the region, as happened this weekend in the Preferente Juvenil match between Los Yébenes and EMF Aluche.
The match was suspended for racist insults to Ibu, a local team player. From the stands, “fucking black fucking” and “don't listen to me, black” were heard and the referee decided to suspend the match. In addition, they maintain that the coach of their team and some players had to be escorted from the facilities.
“It is a serious issue and we are going to intervene. There is an informative file, but these files are not worth it, we are going to intervene and we are going to get to the bottom of things. Who uses the sport, in this case soccer, to insult, attack or despising another person has no place in any sport. Society has to realize that we talk a lot about values and many things but the main value is respect, knowing how to live and that everyone knows what their place is. Many people use on weekends to unload that anger accumulated during the week, “he reflected.
“Sport is a form of integration, education and respect. Anyone who believes that football can act otherwise, is left over in sport. We will be hard and forceful and after the report we are going to have, the sanction goes to arrive “, the president of the Federation has continued.
After the signing this morning of a manifesto against violence in sport, propelled by the Community of Madrid, along with 60 other sports federations in the region, Diez said that leaders have to set an example. “The first thing we have to do is know how to be in public, know what we say and often be humble and address people closely and know their problems. In the Football Federation we are doing it and we will continue to do so,” has said.
The president of the Madrid Football Federation has also supported the suspension of the football game a month ago between Rayo Vallecano and Albacete for the “Nazi” insults to the Ukrainian player Roman Zozulia. “Logically, we support him. Being on a soccer field does not give you permission because you have paid the entrance. You have paid to go to a show, but that does not give you permission to insult anyone,” he stressed.
Francisco Díez has described the manifesto signed today against violence in sport as “historical agreement.” “It is a day of joy and responsibility. Joy because we have signed 61 federations a historic agreement, and responsibility because we have to move from words to deeds. Spanish and Madrid society is going through a situation of lack of values and respect many times, “he concluded.
For its part, the EMF Aluche has published a statement in which it condemns any act of physical and verbal violence, as well as “any racist, xenophobic, homophobic or attacking fundamental rights of any person.”
“Given what happened yesterday afternoon in the match between our Youth B and Los Yébenes, by an alleged fan of our entity, we strongly condemn the facts and start the opening of an information file to clarify what happened at all its extremes and act accordingly in the framework and according to the protocols of 'Zero Tolerance' promoted by the Royal Football Federation of Madrid, which this Sports Association subscribes, “they point out.