Paris (AFP)
The president of SOS Racisme, Dominique Sopo, denounced Wednesday the "scandalous" remarks of the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) Noël Le Graët, considering that racism in football "does not exist or hardly exists".
"To solve a problem must still admit that it exists. Here we are dealing with a leader who shows willful blindness, who explains that there is nothing, and it is moreover this he had done last year about homophobia ", reacted to AFP Dominique Sopo, the day after the words of the president of the FFF.
“In a match, there can be gaps, but overall, we have less than 1% of difficulties. There have been but you know, when a + black + scores a goal, the whole stadium is standing. The racist phenomenon in sport and in football in particular does not exist, or hardly exists, "Noël Le Graët said on BFM Business on Tuesday, two days after the PSG-OM match and the incident between Neymar and Alvaro Gonzalez.
The Brazilian accused the Spaniard of having called him a "monkey" during the match won by OM (1-0).
"When it comes to this kind of reflection on the part of a leader of the FFF, we have something to be particularly shocked. Yes there is racism circulating in football, on the field but also in its governing bodies . It may be time to pass the hand, "added Dominique Sopo.
Olivier Dacourt, former French international, and now consultant for Canal Plus, also reacted on Wednesday to the release of Noël Le Graët.
"It's getting embarrassing," tweeted the former AS Roma player and author of a documentary on racism in football.
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