Real Madrid and La Liga are taking action after alleged racist abuse of Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal

Real Madrid And La Liga have announced that they will take action afterwards Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal was racially abused during El Clásico on Saturday evening.

The 17-year-old played the entire match, scoring Barcelona’s third goal in their 4-0 win and becoming the youngest-ever Clásico scorer in the process.

Videos on social media appeared to show the Spain international being subjected to racist abuse by Real Madrid fans in the stands of the Santiago Bernabeu as he prepared to take a corner and chased his goal.

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A statement from Real said: “Real Madrid strongly condemns any behavior linked to racism, xenophobia or violence in football and sport, and deeply regrets the insults given to some fans last night in one of the corners of the stadium. stadium have expressed.

“Real Madrid has opened an investigation to locate and identify the perpetrators of these deplorable and despicable insults so that appropriate disciplinary and judicial action can be taken.”

La Liga said: “La Liga condemns and will denounce the racist insults that took place in El Clásico. In view of the events that took place during the Real Madrid CF – FC Barcelona match, where unacceptable racist behavior was observed, La Liga immediately referred the incident to the Hate Section of the Information Brigade of the National Police and the National Police informed.

“We will inform the coordinating prosecutor of the Hate Crimes and Racist Crimes Unit of the Hate Crimes and Discrimination Unit of the Attorney General’s Office.

“La Liga strongly condemns these events that took place at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and remains steadfast in its commitment to eradicate any form of racist behavior and hatred inside and outside the stadium, inside and outside the stadiums. There is no place in sports for this scourge.”

In one video, a fan can be heard shouting, “Go sell tissues at traffic lights,” while being shouted at to call him a “damn moor” (a racist term for a member of North Africa’s mixed-race Muslim community). Arab and Amazigh descent) can be heard. Yamal’s father, Mounir Nasraoui, is from Morocco.

Barcelona also condemned the incident when approached for comment by The Athletics and confirmed that they plan to make a formal complaint to La Liga.

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