A Spanish Third Division match was abandoned after players walked off the pitch to protest racist abuse of their goalkeeper.
Rayo Majadahonda goalkeeper Cheikh Kane Sarr burst into the crowd with his aim of confronting the fan who allegedly insulted him with racism on Saturday.
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In the 87th minute of the match, the Senegalese star was shown a red card after jumping into the crowd following alleged abuse.
Sarr then told his teammates what had happened: the whole team left the field and the team was abandoned in front of Sestao River.
Rayo Majadahonda captain Jorge Casado told The Athletic on Saturday that he had reported the incident to police along with Sarr and the club’s vice-president.
Casado said: “There are photographs of those who did it, I have them on my phone, but we still don’t have their names. “
“Fans would insult him by calling him a ‘monkey,’ making monkey noises, and calling him a ‘. ‘”
Rayo Majadahonda is last in the league, but still decided to abandon the game against Sarr.
Casado added: “We’re at the back of the table and we have a lot at stake, but we don’t care about the consequences.
“Our values are above our sports business, that’s why we don’t care if we get sanctioned. “
After the attack, Rayo Majadahonda stated: “Our team will not return to the box to resume the attack after receiving unacceptable racist insults against our player. We condemn all kinds of racist insults in sport. “
They added their “unconditional support” to Sarr in a statement on Sunday and also shared their “deep fear and war of words with the lack of sensitivity shown. “
Just hours before the match, Spanish side Sevilla denounced “racist and xenophobic abuse” against their player Marcos Acuña and coach Quique Sanchez Flores in their La Liga clash at Getafe.
His game was delayed for two-and-a-half minutes after chants of “monkey” were directed at Acuña and Sanchez Flores claimed fans had called him a “gypsy. “
And Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Junior, who has also suffered racist abuse, recently shared his solidarity with all those suffering and called for “sending racists to jail. “
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