The images of angry Moussa Marega leaving the lawn of Vitoria Guimarães on Sunday evening went around the world. The Porto striker stopped after suffering racist shouts from supporters of the opposing club in the Portuguese championship. A strong gesture on which the interested party returned on Monday in the broadcast of RMC, "Team Duga " .
“It was a big humiliation for me. I felt like shit, ”said the Malian international, who grew up in Essonne, in Ulis and then in Évry, without making up. “When I got home and saw my son, I found a smile. All the messages of support have given me incredible strength ”, indicates the one who provoked a wave of solidarity on the part of the Portuguese media and the entire football world.
As his brother Houssein Marega, defender at Versailles in the 5th division, told us, the 28-year-old confirmed on RMC that "that (note: racist insults) had started from the warm-up". "But then it was two or three people. When it is the whole stadium, it is not possible. We can not continue to play when we make fun of our skin color, "said the former player of ... Vitoria Guimarães, where he had been loaned by Porto a season (2017-2017). A full season that local fans seem to have forgotten.
"Just put a No Racism tarpaulin, it's just a slogan, it's useless"
"What shocks me the most is that it happens from Guimarães," continued Moussa Marega. I gave everything for this club. Whenever I play against them, I don't celebrate any goals and I applaud the supporters at the end of the matches. I didn't know there were such fools like that in the gallery. "
🗣💬 "We would all like the matches to end: there should be a strong gesture from the referees, from the League."
👊 Moussa Marega demands a strong gesture from the institutions to finally find an effective solution to racism in the stadiums pic.twitter.com/Nvgionx3yt
The Essonnian also returned to the attitude of his partners and his coach Sergio Conceiçao, who seemed to prevent him from leaving the lawn. “My partners don't understand my reaction instantly. They are shocked that I want to leave the lawn. They got a reaction from friends and tried to calm me down. When I'm upset, I can see pretty harsh behavior. As for the coach, he wanted me to stay on the lawn so as not to take a second yellow. He agreed that I would go out, but he asked me to calm down. "
The Porto striker would now like his exit to serve as an example and advance the debate on racism in stadiums. He pleads for strong measures. "We would all like the match to stop, for a strong gesture from the referees and the League," he concluded in "Team Duga". Just put a No Racism tarpaulin, it's just a slogan, it's useless. "
