LaLiga has denounced racist acts against Marcos Acuña: will there be sanctions?

This weekend, Marcos Acuña was the victim of racist insults in the match between Sevilla and Getafe. “Acuña comes from the monkey”, they sang to the Argentine world champion and the situation generated the repudiation of great figures of the Spanish League, with Simeone and Vinicius, who denounce racists since their arrival in Spain, at the forefront.

“It’s difficult to keep talking about the same things we’ve been talking about for a long time. It depends on everyone, it doesn’t depend on just one person, it depends on the whole society and obviously we all have to improve,” Cholo Simeone said.

“I won’t even play this weekend. But on Saturday alone we had three despicable cases of racism in Spain. All my support to Acuña @AcunaMarcos17 and coach Quique Flores, of @SevillaFC. To Sarr and @RMajadahonda, may their courage inspire others. Racists must be exposed and matches cannot continue with them in the stands. We will only have victory when racists leave the stadiums straight to prison, a place they deserve,” Vini wrote on his Twitter account.

Slow to react, this Monday LaLiga sent a letter to the Competition Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Anti-Violence Commission in which denounces the insults directed at Marcos Acuña and Quique Sánchezplayer and coach of Sevilla respectively, during the match that tested his team against Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez.

Regarding the case of the Argentine defender, it is specified: “In the 68th minute of the match, with the game stopped, at the request of the assistant number 2, the referee turned to the local delegate, to tell him to activate the anti-racism protocol, and spread a message via the stadium’s public address system, because near assistant number 2, on the opposite side of the benches, a local fan turned to the guest player, number 19, Acuña, saying: “Coin Monkey” E ‘Acuña come from the monkey’“.

It is also clarified that after the incident, two messages were broadcast via the stadium’s public address system and the video board informing them that “during the match, any act, demonstration or chant that incites violence , racism, xenophobia and intolerance are strictly prohibited.” prohibited.” on sport”.

For its part, regarding Quique Sánchez Flores, it is noted: “In the 69th minute of the match, through the delegate of Sevilla FC, it was reported that the guest coach, Mr. Quique Sánchez Flores, was receiving insults from the stands. main thing to be behind the benches, where one or more fans call him ‘gypsy'”.

LaLiga underlines that “the media has echoed these last two incidents” and that “similarly, Sevilla, through its social networks, has released a statement condemning the racist insults suffered by its player and coach”.

LaLiga explains that every week “sends a written complaint with those songs that appear during football matches that incite violence or have offensive or intolerant content. These songs appear included as prohibited and therefore punishable behavior, both in the Sports Discipline Code of the RFEF as in the Legislation against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport”.

However, despite the letter presented by La Liga, at the moment no action has been taken against Getafe and, in principle, no type of sanction has been imposed.