No proof of racist insults by Juan Cala against Frenchman Mouctar Diakhaby.
After investigation, this is the conclusion that LaLiga, the managing body of Spanish professional football, arrived at on Friday April 9.
It is now up to the Spanish Federation, competent in disciplinary matters, to decide.
"After analyzing the evidence, no evidence was found in any of the media available at LaLiga that player Juan Torres Ruiz (Juan Cala) insulted Mouctar Diakhaby in the terms complained of," LaLiga said in a statement.
LaLiga claims to have analyzed the "audiovisual and digital archives available, the soundtracks of the match, the images captured and what may have been broadcast on various social networks", without finding anything.
In addition, she indicates that she called on a specialist company "which carried out a lip-reading analysis and a behavioral study of players Juan Torres Ruiz (Juan Cala) and Mouctar Diakhaby", but is preparing to close the case. , for lack of evidence.
According to Spanish radio Cope, the microphones recorded Cala saying to Diakhaby "Mierda, Déjame en paz" ("Shit, leave me alone", in Spanish), then apologize by saying "Perdona, no te cabrees" ( "Sorry, don't get upset", in Spanish).
💥 Informa @isaacfouto
➡️ En el informed pericial aparecen las siguientes expresiones de @ JuanCala_16:
🗣️ "Mierda"
🗣️ "Déjame en paz"
🗣️ "Perdona, no te cabrees" #PartidazoCOPE pic.twitter.com/p9c7mNQTUp
- El Partidazo de COPE (@partidazocope) April 8, 2021
LaLiga shared the findings of its investigation with the clubs involved (Cadiz and Valencia) and the relevant authorities.
"Based on the available video and audio evidence, the investigation cannot confirm 'ALL' the words Diakhaby heard in the 28th minute of the Cadiz-Valencia game last Sunday. That no evidence was found. does not mean that it did not happen, "reacted the club Valencia in a statement on Friday morning.
"Under no circumstances will the club change their minds about what happened during the match and reiterate their full support for Diakhaby. Our aim is to see a change, an appropriate response to this serious incident," to see changing standards and attitudes when dealing with this type of problem ", detailed the Valencian club, adding that" it was an unprecedented episode in football ".
"But we are convinced that this will serve to drive a real change," he adds.
There remains the path of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF): its competition committee, competent to take possible disciplinary sanctions against the players, has opened an "extraordinary procedure" against Juan Cala, with the aim of the light around what happened in the 28th minute of the league match between Cadiz and Valencia last Sunday (2-1).
With AFP
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