Official: La Liga issue statement condemning racist abuse against Lamine Yamal

La Liga has announced in an official statement condemning the racist incident directed towards Lamine Yamal during Real Madrid vs Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu. The governing body, led by Javier ...

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La Liga has announced in an official statement condemning the racist incident directed towards Lamine Yamal during Real Madrid vs Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu. The governing body, led by Javier Tebas also confirmed that it will report the incident to the Hate Crime Unit of the National Police’s Information Brigade. Yamal was subjected to racist abuse from supporters located in the front rows of the Santiago Bernabu’s end stand, where the Barça forward celebrated his team’s third goal in the 77th minute of their 4-0 victory over Real Madrid.

who had just scored a fine goal for his team. condemning the incident and launching an investigation into the matter. La Liga has now followed suit.



Following the numerous racist insults directed at Yamal at the Santiago Bernabeu, La Liga announcing measures: The statement, released just after 11 am on Saturday, 27th October, also condemned such behaviour:.