‘Huevo’ Acuña, victim of discrimination in Spain: harsh sanction for Getafe for shouting at the world champion

Last Saturday, football once again experienced a deplorable event with racist chants, once again in a Spanish stadium. In this case, it was in the match between Getafe and Sevilla, where Fans of the local team shouted “monkey” at Argentine left-back Marcos Acuña and “gypsy” at coach Quique Sánchez Flores. This Wednesday the sanction received by Getafe was announced.

The Disciplinary Commission of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has declared the partial closure of the Colosseum Stadiumhome of the team on the outskirts of Madrid, after the racist chants of some of the Azulona fans against the Sevilla coach and the world champion left back.

From a grandstand in the stadium they shouted “monkey” at Marcos Acuña and were included in the post-match referee report and that is why Getafe suffered this harsh sanction. Fans also shouted “gypsy” at the Sevilla coach, but these racist chants were not recorded by the referees and cannot be punished.

“In the 68th minute I had to stop the match because there were racist insults against the number 19 of the visiting team, with words like “Acuña mono” and “Acuña you come from the monkey”.Javier Iglesias Villanueva, the match’s main referee, said in the minutes.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation, through its Disciplinary Commission, has asked Getafe to identify the stand of the stadium where the racist chants occurred, in order to determine the area of ​​the stadium subject to closure which, according to the referee’s report, would affect the sector located in the central area of ​​the pitch behind the position of the assistant referee 2. In addition to the partial closure of the Colosseum, the Spanish club will have to pay a fine of 27,000 eurosgranted by the Disciplinary Commission, for violation of the RFEF Disciplinary Code.

“To this end, in the next three matches to be played by Getafe CF, the SAD in its sports facilities, access to the public in the said area must be closed, which will be duly delimited, and spectators who, where appropriate, do not may be relocated. , they could occupy them regularly. Furthermore, during the celebration of matches covered by the partial closure sanction, the closed area must display a visible message condemning racist, xenophobic and intolerant acts and violent behavior in football and supporting fair play”, reads the competition press release.

Getafe CF has made public, through its social networks, a statement in which it repudiates the sanction imposed against the club and expresses its condemnation for any type of act, demonstration or chant that incites violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport.

“We encourage anyone who encounters or witnesses this type of reprehensible behavior, which has no place in any aspect of our lives, to not hesitate to report it.”club azulón expresses itself in the press release.

This sanction received by Getafe was predictable, after the partial closure of a stand at the Mestalla stadium for the racist chants against Vinicius Jr, the Brazilian winger of Real Madrid.