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After the insults targeting a French defender in La Liga, Zidane advocates "zero tolerance" in the face of racism

2021-04-05T13:10:46.282Z


Asked about the incidents on Saturday, before Real Madrid's Champions League meeting on Tuesday, Zinédine Zidane was firm.


"You really have to have zero tolerance for that": after the allegations of racist insults against Mouctar Diakhaby and the interruption of the La Liga meeting on Sunday between Cadiz and Valencia, Real Madrid coach Zinédine Zidane on Monday described these incidents as "Serious".

“These are serious things.

I wasn't in the field so I don't know exactly what happened.

But I'm just saying, and it's my feeling, that when it comes to racism, you really have to have zero tolerance, ”said the French coach at a press conference before the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. Real against Liverpool on Tuesday night.

Unanimous support

“Because we don't want to.

And not just on a word that is said.

We have to fight this at all levels.

What makes our beauty is our diversity, it is the difference, it is what is beautiful in what we live ”, supported“ Zizou ”.

Monday morning in training, the players and members of the staff of Valencia gathered behind the French defender Mouctar Diakhaby, right hand straight ahead, palm spread, to express their opposition to racism, we have seen on images broadcast by the club.

"LaLiga condemns racism in all its forms", for its part declared La Liga to AFP, recalling that it "takes seriously any accusation of racism".

PSG and Basaksehir united against racism before a Champions League match last December

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Source: lefigaro

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