Madrid, Mar 1: Granada and Cádiz drew 0-0 in a Spanish league match marked by a fan racially insulting a player.
A fan behind one of the goals at Granada’s stadium was seen on the television broadcast making what appeared to be gestures imitating a monkey as Cádiz player Carlos Akapo, who is Black, passed by while returning to the bench after being substituted in the second half.
Akapo stopped for a moment after noticing what happened and said a few words to the fan, who repeated the gesture. Another fan in front of the man who insulted Akapo apparently asked him to stop provoking the player.
“I told him that was not necessary, but he kept doing the same gesture,” Akapo said.
“People like that don’t deserve to be in a stadium. They don’t represent the Granada supporters. ” The 28-year-old player from Ecuadorean Guinea said “three or four” fans insulted him, with one of them calling him a “monkey.”
Spanish media said Granada and the Spanish league were trying to identify the fan with the help of television images of the incident. (AP)
