Xabi Alonso says Real’s Antonio Rudiger reported racist incident by Pachuca Player
Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said his defender Antonio Rudiger had complained of a racist incident at the end of the World Cup 3-1 World Cup victory over the Mexican team Pachuca.
bouncer was visibly angry after a word exchange with PachucaS ‘ Gustavo Cabral After the last whistle and spoke to Brazilian Judge Ramon Abatti Abel.
Cabral denied that he had rationally abused in the center of the German center.
Asked about the incident at the post -match press conference, Alonso said: “Tony told us something, we support Tony and we’ll see what happens.
“I think the FIFA protocol is activated to investigate, but if it happened, all measures should be taken and we support Antonio because it is unacceptable.
“There is no tolerance in football for this, and if it happened, then measures must be taken. This is what Antonio has told us and we believe it. We are being investigated now,” He said.
Cabral, 39, spoke after play And he said his words were misinterpreted by Rudiger.
The Argentine said he had called the defender a “coward”, with the Spanish phrase he used similar to another which is associated with racist abuse.
“The referee made the sign of racism, but I was telling the same all the time – (coward),” said Cabral.
Pachuca coach Jaime Lozano was also asked about the incident, but said he was unaware of what had happened.
“I just discovered from you, you are notifying me, we haven’t talked about it in the dressing room, I haven’t talked to Cabral about it, I can’t give you an explanation about it because this is the first (I heard about) this news,” He said.
“It can’t be justified at all, but I’ll talk to it. I’ve known him for a while and never heard of something like that with Pachuca players. I can’t protect my captain at all costs, but I’ll talk to her with her,” He said.
FIFA did not respond immediately to a comment request.
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