"We will fight until the end to clarify what happened, defend our player and eradicate racism."
Valencia is still focused on
protecting Mouctar Diakhaby
, very affected after his complaint of having received racist insults from the Cádiz player Juan Cala.
The entire squad together with Javi Gracia and President
Anil Murthy
wanted to send a public message of support for the footballer and against racism with a photograph in which they pose behind the French central with their hands raised symbolizing the stop to racism.
But also, the president released a message in which, with the player by his side, he issued a warning: "We want to see a reaction to change these protocols, to protect the vulnerable."
"Yesterday we witnessed a flagrant act of racism in the match against Cádiz. We cannot call it otherwise. Our player, Mouctar Diakhaby, was the victim of a very serious racist insult by the player Juan Cala. Although he denies it, we all know recognize a
guilty face
and we totally believe Mouctar. This type of behavior is intolerable in football and in society and from Valencia CF we condemn any type of racism and we fully support our player ", assures Murthy, who adds:" Yes the example we give is that when there are no cameras anything goes, it is not the message we have to give. Football should be an example for society. I believe in my player and everyone who watched the game on television could see that something serious happened for our players to leave the pitch.
The guilty face was very evident on television as
well. "
Valencia hopes that
the RFEF
Jurisdictional Ethics Committee
, made up of three members, will urge Competition today to open a file to clarify what happened in the 29th minute of the match between Diakhaby and Cala that caused the complaint of the defender and the abandonment of the field by the whole team.
But he also asks the League for an investigation.
This is what President Murthy has requested from
Javier Tebas
in a conversation the same morning.
"This cannot stop there and it cannot happen again with any player from any team. Faced with this type of situation
there cannot be inaction
. From now on we want to see a reaction to change these protocols, to protect the vulnerable. Because if not We changed this, we are going to set a bad example for everyone. We are proud of the team's reaction and still do not understand why, after suffering this racist insult and seeing how the referee took Diakhaby yellow, we had to go out to play because the regulations
leave the victim
and the team
unprotected in this type of case
", insists the president of Valencia.
"This has to change. It has already changed in other leagues and now it must also do so in the Spanish competition. We cannot put ourselves in profile with something as serious as racism. It is time to change and Valencia CF will go to the end in support of his player and against racism ", he concludes in his message.
Thebes: "Something happened"
The president of LaLiga assured hours after the Valencia call that
"an internal procedure"
has been opened
to see what happened to the videos and images available to him.
"Something happened and we want to clarify it, as we already did in other cases such as Williams in the Espanyol field. The versions are contradictory, but due to the behavior of the Valencia player, something happened," explained Tebas in
Vamos
.
Meanwhile, the RFEF hopes that its committees will rule and the only communication it has made on the case has been to deny the version of Valencia about the conversation of the referee
Medié Jiménez
with his players and the delegate about the consequences of not returning to the field of play.
"At no time has the referee of the match, Mr. David Medié Jiménez, had any conversation in this regard, with the delegates of both clubs, Mr. David Rangel (Valencia CF) and Mr. Salvador Chirino (Cádiz CF, witnessing all the conversations. ), as well as the Party Delegate Mr. Fidel Valle Gil, "said the RFEF.
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