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I was absolutely shocked at the racist abuse from the Spanish crowd. I actually go quite often to Spain, and I always liked it there, but I must say that I never thought they are as racist, ignorant and imbecil. Shocked! I am glad my kids did not watch the game....If I was in charge I would have walked off with the whle team in protest!
And before all our Spanish friends jump up and say: I am not racist, it did not happen, it is only a minority, these were only a few hooligans etc etc I want to point out:
A football crowd is like any other crowd. You will find in it people from all walks of life. So if in a stadium thre were hundreds and thousands of people making those disgraceful noises from all corners of the stadiu, it is clear that there is a widespread racist leaning in the Spanish nation. You might argue that this problem only exist in Football in Spain. But if you look at the position Football has in the Spanish society, and the crowd numbers every single game you will find that it is more than just "football". Same as in England.
Englands own football troubles have been tackled hard by UEFA and the FA. The question is does the Hooligan problem mean that the English are "violent"
the same as the Spanish are racists? I believe there is an issue connected to violence and drinking in England, and I hope that this will be sorted out as well over the years. Football hooligans should be dealt with in the strongest way possible, but give me a drunk hooligan any day over a stone cold sober racist.
Futhermore, the Spanish coach issued a racist remark some time ago, but was not sacked and no action taken. I cannot dare to think that if the England manager made the same comments he would not have been spanked.
See what happened to Atkinson....
And finally: The England football crowd has a terrible reputation, UEFA has threatened to expell England from major competitions if this persists. I believe a lot has been done in the UK to try to stamp this out, and I might say it does bear fruit.
I would want the useless Sepp Bladder and his gang of corrupt money grabbing bas***ds do one time the right thing and make an example out of Spain. It won't cure the racism problem, but it would make sure black players will not have to hear those chants.
And before all our Spanish friends jump up and say: I am not racist, it did not happen, it is only a minority, these were only a few hooligans etc etc I want to point out:
A football crowd is like any other crowd. You will find in it people from all walks of life. So if in a stadium thre were hundreds and thousands of people making those disgraceful noises from all corners of the stadiu, it is clear that there is a widespread racist leaning in the Spanish nation. You might argue that this problem only exist in Football in Spain. But if you look at the position Football has in the Spanish society, and the crowd numbers every single game you will find that it is more than just "football". Same as in England.
Englands own football troubles have been tackled hard by UEFA and the FA. The question is does the Hooligan problem mean that the English are "violent"
the same as the Spanish are racists? I believe there is an issue connected to violence and drinking in England, and I hope that this will be sorted out as well over the years. Football hooligans should be dealt with in the strongest way possible, but give me a drunk hooligan any day over a stone cold sober racist.
Futhermore, the Spanish coach issued a racist remark some time ago, but was not sacked and no action taken. I cannot dare to think that if the England manager made the same comments he would not have been spanked.
See what happened to Atkinson....
And finally: The England football crowd has a terrible reputation, UEFA has threatened to expell England from major competitions if this persists. I believe a lot has been done in the UK to try to stamp this out, and I might say it does bear fruit.
I would want the useless Sepp Bladder and his gang of corrupt money grabbing bas***ds do one time the right thing and make an example out of Spain. It won't cure the racism problem, but it would make sure black players will not have to hear those chants.
