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Real Madrid has launched an investiagtion into the reported racist insults directed at Barcelona players, including Lamine Yamal during the El Clasico on Ocotber 26, Saturday.
In Short
- Real Madrid investigates racist abuse during the El Clasico
- 17-year-old Lamine Yamal was targeted with xenophobic remarks
- Real Madrid lost the match 0-4 against Barcelona on Saturday
Real Madrid have launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, they said on Sunday.
Spanish media reported that 17-year-old Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal, who is of Equatorial Guinean and Moroccan heritage, was targeted with xenophobic and racist abuse at the Bernabeu. Barcelona did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
“Real Madrid strongly condemns any kind of behaviour involving racism, xenophobia or violence in football and sport, and deeply regrets the insults that a few fans uttered last night in one of the corners of the stadium.”
“Real Madrid has opened an investigation in order to locate and identify the perpetrators of these deplorable and despicable insults so that the appropriate disciplinary and judicial measures can be taken,” read the statement on the club’s official website.
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga have taken steps to tackle an increase in racist abuse with measures including partial stadium closures.
Four people were arrested and questioned in Spain on Thursday on suspicion of conducting an online hate campaign encouraging fans to racially abuse Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinicius Jr. in the buildup to their match against Atletico Madrid last month.
In June, the Magistrate’s Court of Valencia issued the first conviction for racist insults in a soccer stadium in Spain.