Noël Le Graët in the stands of the Parc des Princes during PSG-Guingamp, December 18, 2018. -

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The president of the French Football Federation Noël Le Graët said that racism "in sport and football in particular does not exist or hardly exists" Tuesday in an interview with BFM Business.

“In a match, there may 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 on its feet.

The racist phenomenon in sport and in football in particular does not exist, or hardly exists, ”said the president of the FFF, who spoke two days after the PSG-OM match and the incident between Neymar and Alvaro Gonzalez.

The surrealist declaration of Noël Le Graët on video


"When a black scores a goal, forgive me, the whole stadium is standing. The racist phenomenon in sport, and in football in particular, does not exist" pic.twitter. com / l9Jfv3usGu

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The Brazilian accused the Spaniard of having addressed racist remarks to him during the match won by OM (1-0).

Asked about this affair, Noël Le Graët replied that he "did not know" what Neymar had said.

“I didn't listen,” he said.

The leader of French football regretted the behavior of the players of the two teams which "was not exemplary, especially at the end".

“It's a shame because it is the match expected by all of France.

They did not know how to keep their calm nor give the spectacle that those who were lucky enough to see the images were waiting for, ”he said.

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