Real Mallorca have issued a statement condemning a racist incident that occurred during Saturday evening's match against Real Madrid. Television cameras clearly picked out a Mallorca supporter who made monkey gestures after Aurélien Tchouaméni scored for the visitors.
Mallorca condemn racist gesture during Real Madrid match
The person who made the gesture also threw a bottle onto the pitch
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I do not in any way condone angry racist chants, but we must all be careful not to confuse "banter" with "racism". Equally, Real Madrid fielded several "players of colour" who were not subjected to abuse, or if they did they just got on with their job of trying to win a football match, SO, I sometimes think the constant whining of players like Vinicius Jr brings its own payback in the form of the unfortunate taunting. I remember watching Ronaldo for Real Madrid at the Son Moix, he was mincing about on the wing and the crowd were giving him stick, what did he do, wiggled his bum, turned round, smiled, clapped and got on with the game. Result - the Mallorca fans applauded him. I rest my case.