It all happened on Saturday afternoon, in the match between Baxi Manresa and Morabanc Andorra at the Nou Congost, encompassed in the derby day devised by the Endesa League.

Although it was not purely a derby, the geographical rivalry was felt in the duel, which was clearly dominated by the local team (94-60), third in the standings.

On the track,

Chima Moneke and Nacho Llovet

had their ups and downs, even facing each other and exchanging challenges.

It was later when the controversy arose.

The Nigerian center, one of the revelations of the season in the ACB, accused the Spanish international of racism on his social networks.

"Trash talk is fine, but racist comments I will never let go. Nacho Llovet, you have black teammates so it's sad that you think that way," he launched.

His coach,

Pedro Martínez

, confirmed it later at a press conference.

What's more, he gravely extended the accusation: "We all know Llovet. He has been in the League for many years and has had problems with many players."

Llovet, Joventut youth squad, debuted 12 years ago in the ACB.

He also played three seasons at Obradoiro and since 2019 he has played for the Andorran club.

After Moneke's tweet, both the pivot and Morabanc came out emphatically to deny the serious accusations.

"I've been in the league for 12 years and everyone who knows me knows it. I've never had any problems with anyone, teammate or rival. I haven't said anything racist to Moneke and I'm sorry he chose this path. It's not pleasant at all have to respond to something like that", clarified the person involved.

"The tweet is totally false. An inexplicable interpretation of a discussion between the two. The statement is so serious and inadmissible that it forces us to answer. It is not true and of course Nacho Llovet is not racist. And many colleagues and rivals", replied Andorra.

David Eudald

, coach of the visiting team, expressed himself in the same sense: "A Manresa player has used the networks to laugh at us and has accused us of racist comments, when I am not going to allow that to be said about my players, because They're not racist."

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