Zinedine Zidane, in Madrid's victory against Eibar on Saturday.
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After the allegations of racist insults against Mouctar Diakhaby and the interruption of Sunday's La Liga match between Cadiz and Valencia, Real Madrid coach Zinédine Zidane advocated zero tolerance.
“These are serious things.
I wasn't in the field so I don't know exactly what happened.
But I'm just saying, and it's my feeling, that when it comes to racism, you really have to have zero tolerance, ”said the French coach at a press conference before the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. Real against Liverpool on Tuesday night.
La Liga will investigate
On Monday morning in training, the players and members of the Valencia staff gathered behind French defender Mouctar Diakhaby, right hand straight ahead, palm spread, to express their opposition to racism.
"LaLiga condemns racism in all its forms", for its part declared the Spanish authority to AFP, recalling that it "takes seriously any accusation of racism".
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