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Statement from Valencia :
In regards to the footage from the stands at Arsenal's stadium being shared on social media, Valencia CF:
1. Publicly condemns and expresses its utter disgust and absolute intolerance, as it always has, towards these isolated gestures coming from the visitor stands which in no way represent the Valencian fanbase.
2. Is working alongside its legal team and the appropriate authorities to identify those responsible and, in the case that they are VCF season-ticket holders, to take corresponding disciplinary action, for which it asks for the collaboration and cooperation of other fans present in said stand.
3. While these actions are completely unjustifiable under any circumstances, VCF is also working to obtain more information about any possible provocations leading up to the verbal and gesticular exchange between the home and away stands.
https://www.valenciacf.com/en/article/en-official-statement-2019-05-03
That #3 is concerning in that saying on one hand that this behaviour is unjustifiable whilst on the other hand trying to see if their fans were provoked into it, sounds to me like looking for a way to find a justification. Dangerous ground but one we are all too familiar with in the Yid debate.
Maybe they are saying Woolwich fans were also exhibiting similar behaviour, in which case that needs to be investigated on its own merits. There will always (one would expect) be some level of provocation between home and away fans. It's up to fans, as individuals and as a group, to be able to deal with that without resorting to violence, racism or any other illegal behaviour.
Uh wut? In the video you can clearly hear the home fans expressing their disgust, telling the Valencia clams to fudge off.
You can hate the Goons, but typically they aren't cut from the same cloth as Chelsea or West Ham fans.
“We are really sorry you thought that what happened in Cagliari was racist,” the letter, written in English and Italian, says. “You have to understand that Italy is not like many other north European countries where racism is a REAL problem.
“We understand that it could have seemed racist to you but it is not like that. In Italy we use some ‘ways’ only to ‘help our teams’ and to try to make our opponents nervous, not for racism but to mess them up.
“We are a multiethnic fans organisation and we have always welcomed players from everywhere. However, we have always used that ‘way’ with other teams’ players in the past and we probably will in the future. We are not racist and so are not the Cagliari fans.
“You have to understand that in all Italian stadiums people cheer for their teams but at the same time they use to cheer against the opponents not for racism but to ‘help’ their own team.
“Please consider this attitude of Italian fans as a form of respect for the fact they are afraid of you for the goals you might score against their teams and not because they hate you or they are racist.
Makes complete sense. They obviously aren’t actually racist. They are just pretending to be racists!
“We are really sorry you thought that what happened in Cagliari was racist,” the letter, written in English and Italian, says. “You have to understand that Italy is not like many other north European countries where racism is a REAL problem.
“We understand that it could have seemed racist to you but it is not like that. In Italy we use some ‘ways’ only to ‘help our teams’ and to try to make our opponents nervous, not for racism but to mess them up.
“We are a multiethnic fans organisation and we have always welcomed players from everywhere. However, we have always used that ‘way’ with other teams’ players in the past and we probably will in the future. We are not racist and so are not the Cagliari fans.
“You have to understand that in all Italian stadiums people cheer for their teams but at the same time they use to cheer against the opponents not for racism but to ‘help’ their own team.
“Please consider this attitude of Italian fans as a form of respect for the fact they are afraid of you for the goals you might score against their teams and not because they hate you or they are racist.
Bernardo Silva racially abuses a team mate and will get a light punishment because commercially he is too valuable to sack.
Don't cry to me about the problem of racism in football
yep, they need to start handing out proper punishment, your player racially abused someone, right, thats you banned from continental competition for 10 years, your fans racially abused someone, right thats a 20 point penalty, and so on and so on