Atletico Madrid-Athletic Club match paused due to racist abuse | ESPN FC 

The racists from Spain will still try to blame him like Vinicius 😂😂👌🏾

Thank god vini was not playing Else people are gonna say he was provoking the fans,,,such stupidity

That's a Spanish player. A respectful kid too.

Not surprising. It’s Spain.

Crazy that when vini and madrid said the same thing, we were overreacting 🙄. I won’t forget that espn was saying he was provoking them too

To all people saying Vini Jr is the only one that gets abused bc of how provocative he is

Wait a second, this can't be true, because I was told this only happens to Vini and it's his fault for provoking the fans, and that he's the only player in the history of La Liga to get racially abused, so he should stop crying about it.

1. Economic penalty. 2. Stadium closures. 3. Removal of points.

It always amazes me that the players from the team whose fans are accused of the racist behavior never hear anything, smh!!

Oblak dodged the question lol typical

Alessandro, I like your point. Club needs to be playing with empty stadium and point deductions for the fans to understand

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.

Same old bs, don’t pause simply walk off the pitch.

Get it together Spain and Italy. It’s 2024 ffs.

La Liga Should Do More In Combating Racism In Spanish Football

It's almost impossible to get rid of racism in spanish football because it is a deeply ingrained societal issue. It is widespread in the authorities who have the power to enforce change, for example the La Liga president Tebas

The Williams family are always calm,why are they being abused now....they do say vini Junior do provoke them

Teams who are victims need to not only pause games, they need to stop and not play

As soon as I heard a game was stopped due to racism I already knew it was Atletico Madrid fans

I bet they will find a way to blame this on Vinicius jr

Crazy for this to happen to a Spanish kid too. One of them. Sucks, gotta just pause the game something more drastic has to happen

Craziest part is he plays for Spain... What a country, Jesus

Sorry you have to go through that my Ghanaian brother!! Continue to play with pride. Don't ever lose yourself!!

It must’ve been Vinicius jr fault! That’s how they think

Oh maybe he provoked them like Vini? Isn’t this only like the 5th time it’s happened here? 🙄 just force them to play in a closed stadium already and teach them a lesson.

Well said Ale👏🏾

A lot of sick people in position of power who are supposed to stop it, secretly love and ENJOY IT!

The problem with racism is that it's always gonna be a "them" problem. Them meaning us Black people. People that don't face it haha very little motivation to fight it. They don't understand it and it is clearly not something they feel the need to learn about. Look at people's reactions when you tell them about incidents you experienced...they are often surprised and don't know that over 90% of Black people in the UK report they have experienced it. I wish unaffected people would learn about it by studying the history and the way it works the way it is deflected and justified and above all...thw culture of victim blaming.

Somehow the other player never hear anything. If it was enough for the ref to stop the match- you can't have not heard...unless you're a racist too and such things sound normal to you.

That's why I just don't like athletic I don't understand y those ppl r so aggressive or acting out against black ppl r url jealous or just ashamed they stronger n a Lil better at the game

Atletico classy as always. Nothing will come out of it😂

LaLiga president won't do anything especially if its athletico club and Real Madrid since they are the 2 clubs who voted against him if it was other club he would've done something

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… 😢

I’m glad Ale Moreno called them out, they made as Vinicius is the problem. I even watched former Barcelona players blaming Vinicius after Barcelona vs Madrid game last year. The former Barca pundits were insinuating that Vinicius caused the problem. What a shame Spanish people are

I agree with Steve, I was typing FIFA when he mentioned it. FIFA and UEFA need to get actively involved

Typical day in la liga. Least it be forgotten when the Spanish(Villareal) crowd threw a banana at Dani Alves. Dani trumped it by picking the banana up and eating it and then taking the corner kick. And that comment about the fans not caring bc they'll get away with it...yea when there is no consequence there is no reason to stop. Those fans would say "its just jokes" "we aren't being serious".

why was oblak beating around the bush? say it right and loud... stop faking!

Ale is spot on points deductions

Why did ESPN cut out the part from 5:06? What did he say?

Enough is enough

Well said Ale, points deduction will massively hurt these clubs then they will take this seriously

they did it to O. Dembele too, didn't they? The idea that it's ok to be racist to some and not others... Pathetic!

These people need to grow up so sad

Oblak didn't hear guys

Poor educations and an insult to their parents.

Wow and not a tear in sight? That's how you handle the situation

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.

Spain being Spain. What a surprise 🤦‍♀️

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

People will dressed as opponent fans trying to get points reduction.

Well it’s Spain.

I once saw one of the most stupid comment saying that these people are not really racist and are just trying help there team to win.

Somehow Oblak didn't hear anything 😂😂😂.

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.

Laliga will never catch Premier league with this attitude to racism...the gap is already big

Those people in the Stadium chanting aren't just fans of Atleti, they're the teachers, the bus drivers, the doctors, they're chefs.... in other words, these are the people of Spain and Madrid. Just so probably happens that other clubs have fans who hide it better. Anyway, Vini, Rodrygo, Jude, Aurelio, Edward, Alaba, Rudiger, Mendy, Kylian*, Alphonso* ... just be careful out there. Only so much Courtois, and Dani can protect you from during those 90 minutes.

Ale is SPOT on

Nico William one of Spain best player deserves some respect

Don't you love it when a player gives the "I didn't hear" line and then go on to say "wherever you go you hear everything from the stands" 😅...

Spain being so close to africa and the moor a highly classy black society once lived in spain, despite this spain is one of the most racist nations in europe, coz the laws against it are relaxed and basically not frowned upon...

Thank you for the options... hefty repercussions to the club, points, Financial , empty stands.

How do spain and italy get away with this every year?disgusting

The problem with giving the team negative points or emptying home games is rival fans. For example let's say Barcelona fans want Real Madrid to loose points so they put on some Madrid jerseys go to a home game and start screaming the N Word towards a black player so now Real Madrid are deducted points in a scheme to get them points removed, that's why it's hard to just say get rid of points

They need to close the stadium right away it's crazy what you seen in there👈😢💭

As a Catalan, it's not surprising that this keeps happening. And Spain is definitely not going to do anything about it

But Barca fans and atletico fans say that racism is nomal🤷🏻

I don’t see the Spanish Football Federation being as bothered about it as they are about anything even remotely similar happening to Vini Jr…

What’s funny is that they say they don’t have a racial problem.

If it there is no punishment then they are not going to stop, period.

Atletico must be fined and play behind closed doors their fans have been doing this for more than enough

Spain won’t change because the league was used to do sports washing by an authoritarian regime which stayed in power until 1973 and still has some kind of ideological influence. The authoritarian Francisco Franco who came to power with the help of Nazis openly used to say that Real Madrid was their best ambassador when Spain was politically isolated and did everything to make them win (mostly cheat) , the regime initially used to support Athletico de Madrid.. its a corrupt country where the rights of people of Basque Country, Valencia, Catalunya etc is suppressed by power in Madrid .. Spain is effed up

Mfs on the comments “ Vini is a provocateur is not racism “

Nico is an impressive person

Am disappointed in yano black response to this I love this club and this keeper but to he's saying he isn't weather by it

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.

Ban atletico from having fans at games maybe 2-3 matches If they do continue might as well relegate them

This club is the image of his coach, staff, players and the whole organization. La liga is too weak to act against this kind of behavior.

We'll continue seeing this in laliga sadly cuz the authorities aren't ready to do anything about it.

Athleti fans mirror the club. 0 class.

The Home teams always dont hear 👂 shiid, big club lite ATM wat a shame. points must be deducted like 10 points…..

Im WITH ALE ITS TRUE SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO THE CLUBS AND THEIR FANS FOR THIS BEHAVIOR. EMPTY STADIUM FOR 2 GAMES!!!!! TICKET SALE PERCENTAGE GIVEN TO THE CLUB AND PLAYERS AFFECTED BY THIS, ANYTHING AT ALL BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE

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?

I wonder how dark skinned players playing for these clubs feel about how some of their fans be so racial..

Thank you Jan.

As football lover. Spain fa and LA liga should work on such activities. If this thing happens the should play the games without fans in stadium or play games outside Spain. Come the federation and the Spanish government should look into this on higher priority. The Spanish Fa should check how things go in premier league [England]. Shame on Spanish Fa and all those who abuse . Atletico Madrid should get point decucted.

Well put Ale 💯

the home team be forced to forfeit the match when this happens

Shameful.

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?

Spain just doing Spain things…

The Williams are quite well behaved.....some people just hate to like you

Yet still, people are doing racism . It is not normal. We are all one peoples

Point deduction is a horrible idea. That could go so wrong. But stop games and make them play in empty stadiums. And of course ban the people that do it.

Close the stand now.

vini is no crybaby afterrall

People(fans) who choose to act like this will continue to do so, as long as pausing the match is the only consequence. Begin to penalise the offending fans by timing out a player from their own team.

Not surprised...it's Spain!!! 🤡🤡🤡

If Major League Soccer raises their salary cap then players like him would have more reason to play their in North America as opposed to racist Western Europe.

And Spain want to host the 2030 world cup with this racism 😢

Atleti again?. Shocked I tell ya.