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On the brink of half-time, Nico Williams went to the corner located in the right corner of the south end of the Metropolitan stadium. There, the Athletic winger had to endure the unreason and barbarity of a group of Atlético de Madrid fans who simulated the onomatopoeia of the monkey with a despicable “uh,uh, uh.” The red and white captain Koke went towards the youngest Williams and showed him his support before the protocol of trying to stop the embarrassing insults was carried out over the public address system. The embarrassment was amplified by the whistles that came from the center of the south end, where the Atlético ultras are located, while the warning message was broadcast from the loudspeakers. A few minutes after the incident, the red and white club publicly condemned what happened: “Atlético de Madrid is against any type of racism or hatred.”
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Oblak, Witsel, Giménez, Mario Hermoso, Koke, De Paul (Azpilicueta, min. 82), Marcos Llorente (Saúl, min. 82), Nahuel Molina (Rodrigo Riquelme, min. 66), Samuel Lino, Griezmann and Correa (Pablo Rivas neighborhoods, min.
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Unai Simón, Lekue, Yeray (Ander Herrera, min. 66), Daniel Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Nico Williams, Ruiz de Galarreta (Vesga, min. 69), Williams (Raúl García, min. 81), O. Sancet (Berenguer , min. 66), Benat Prados and Guruzeta (Muniain, min. 66)
Goals 1-0 min. 14: From Paul. 1-1 min. 45: Nico Williams. 2-1 min. 52: Strap. 3-1 min. 80: Unai Simón (pp).
Referee Juan Martínez Munuera
Yellow cards De Paul (min. 4), O. Sancet (min. 59), Aitor Paredes (min. 70), Mario Hermoso (min. 92) and Griezmann (min. 94)
“There are stupid people everywhere. I hope this changes little by little, because we are fighting an internal and external fight against this. It is what it is,” Nico Williams lamented into the DAZN microphones. The tying goal that he scored helped him to let off some steam. “The celebration was with a bit of anger. It is not normal that they still insult you because of your skin color. But nothing happens, we have to continue working in this fight, focused on mine and that’s it.”
Already in the mixed zone, he said, the youngest Williams expanded: “I heard the monkey cry, there were three people, everyone is working to put an end to this. The Atlético players have supported me, they understand it. You are in the elite, at half-time I thought about winning the game and clearing my head, I have worked for it. It consists of educating your children well, I hope these unpresentable ones can no longer enter the field.”
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His brother Iñaki, who witnessed a similar episode at Espanyol’s RCD Stadium, also reported what happened. “My brother doesn’t usually face the public. These types of things don’t have to be seen on the playing fields. We are taking steps to end this scourge. There is a message to stop racism and we hope people will enjoy it. It makes me sad to go out and give these types of messages, when we footballers try to make people enjoy themselves. There are children and we must set an example and raise our voices, it is one more example that these types of events cannot occur,” warned Iñaki Williams.
Ernesto Valverde also expressed his concern about what happened: “You have to take a step forward in terms of education, you come to the countryside to enjoy yourself. “We don’t like to see it, or that it happens to the Atlético players or to us.”
“This is a social problem, not a stadium problem, if we can improve in life, we can improve in settings where there are people, but it depends on everyone,” Simeone reasoned. “These people must be kicked out of the stadiums,” Koke concluded.
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2024-04-27 21:56:58
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