Nico Williams and Jan Oblak speak about the match between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Club being paused due to racist abuse toward Williams from the crowd. Gemma Soler joins ESPN FC to discuss what was done inside the stadium with security and what other measures could be taken.
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😮 Spain
You all need to leave Spain 🇪🇸 and play where you are welcome
Spanish Federation does not do anything because they are all prosecuted in the Spanish Courts because of corruption, so they are paying more attention to avoiding jail. Football in Spain is dying because of Mr. Tebas, Varsa and the Spanish Federation!.
Athleti fans mirror the club. 0 class.
La liga is corrupt and full of racism for years back in the 90s when ajax played there against them in the champions league they pinned bananas of the lockers of the players a racist club for years
People will dressed as opponent fans trying to get points reduction.
Average La Liga game
Oblak is a racist also. He could've called a spade a spade instead of justifying these act…
Spanish people are racists it’s as simple as that. It doesn’t matter the club. Pep traded Eto for Zlatan. He got rid of Toure who has famously come out and said Pep hates black players. I dunno why this is swept under the rug when it’s obvious. The guy has cheating scandals under investigation at City and Barca lol… it’s fraudulent man.
Thank you ESPN FC for addressing this issue and saying how things really are. You are very different from your Spanish speaking colleagues ESPN Deportes, they always blame the victim, like Vinni Jr. I’m glad to know that I can still watch ESPN because of ESPN FC.
Spain at it again, racist people
Poor educations and an insult to their parents.
Spain is racist country
stay classy atletico DOGS
Close the stand now.
IT"S A WASTE OF TIME (AS LONG AS AFRICA IS POWERLESS BLACK PEOPLE WORLDWIDE WILL ALWAYS CATCH HELL)I BET IF AFRICA BECOMES A SUPERPOWER THIS WILL STOP IMMEDIATELY (POWER ONLY RESPECTS POWER )
La Liga vs Racism 🤦
Oblak didn't hear guys
They need to close the stadium right away it's crazy what you seen in there👈😢💭
Nothing new here the fans have destroyed fans appetite for Spanish soccer.
But Barca fans and atletico fans say that racism is nomal🤷🏻
Ale is spot on points deductions
Spain being Spain. What a surprise 🤦♀️
I don’t understand how this is such an ugly issue at this stadium. Maybe, I’m wrong. But, I don’t hear about Real Madrid stadium doing this. Why is it constantly at this stadium, in the same city?
Europeans claims that they are less racist than Americans. If they ever said those things in America, they would get immediately banned for life
Omg that Spanish league is a joke
Just came from Spain. Didn’t know it was that racist as a black person.
But hes suddenly spanish if he wins with spain.
The League for racists
Totally agree with Ale right on point 👏 enough is enough people. Remember what the judge said back when it happened to Vini he/she said that it happened during a great rivalry game and it only lasted 3 minutes it’s embarrassing 😳 but hey ITS LA LIGA
Come to Arsenal
What’s new? LaLiga will not do anything about it as usual. Remember Samuel Eto’o being called ‘Monkey’ during his days at Mallorca.
Atletico are burdened by a number of far-right, racist fans.
They need to scour them from their matchday support.
This guy is a starting player for the Spanish national team. And you have idiots just insulting this kid. Unbelievable. Funny how none of these Madridistas have anything to say when it's happening in their neck of the woods. Will they condemn their city rivals?
Why did ESPN cut out the part from 5:06? What did he say?
We'll continue seeing this in laliga sadly cuz the authorities aren't ready to do anything about it.
How do you expect to Compete with the Premier League when you're still allowing such things in your League and worse,, he'll be representing Spain in the Euros…La Liga is losing it's appeal the Bundesliga is much much better.
Ale is SPOT on
And Spain want to host the 2030 world cup with this racism 😢
Wow and not a tear in sight? That's how you handle the situation
These things don't happen at the "White House Santiago Bernabeu !" If you play good as an opponent you are applauded.. The thing is the clubs that are doing this have within there club black players… this is just a sick mentality!!! It needs to be address with much stricter punishments.
Thats why i dont watch la liga
Atletico fans always are and always been trash. Proof is in the pudding
I bet none of those Spanish 🤡 would never dare be racist in person to these players.
Disgusting from atleti fans he literally represents the Spanish team and this is how he’s treated ??
Spanish people are racists seems like. Shame they seem like respectful people when you meet them.
It’s a shame that an amazing league it’s being damaged by a small group of ignorants, they should not be allowed anymore to stadiums or even better, if they start doing that they should stop the game and give it to the team affected. They need to take actions instead of just talk… 😢
Shameful.
This is not about La Liga or Spanish football. This is a microcosm of Spanish society. Any "solution" you come up with is irrelevant bc you are just putting a bandaid over a larger problem. This supersedes black players in La Liga. Black people most likely receive the same racism in their everyday lives in Spain.