Sancet, on the racist episode: “We already know the people who are here”

Sanchez, who has scored five goals in his last three games (all of them for Athletic) and 12 in total this season, has spoken out about the unfortunate episode that took place today at the RCDE Stadium. “Sannadi was insulted with a ‘fucking Moor’, it’s not the first time I’ve seen it here. It happened to me before,” Iñaki Williams observed at the end of the match. Lancett was also blunt: “I didn’t hear what happened properly, not in the details, but it’s not the first time it’s happened here, we know the people that are here.”

 

De Marcos, who came on in the second half for Gorosabel, acted as captain. At the Villamarín, the full-back was already the target of attacks from a fan who also launched racist shouts at Sannadi: “We have to eradicate it, there are fewer and fewer of them, but they continue to make noise when someone acts in this way. I thought they had told Iñaki, he warned the referee, and the protocol was activated. It seems unbelievable, it continues to happen, a n that’s what there is. It’s incomprehensible that they whistle at Iñaki, it has to be done with those who whistle, it seems horrible to me,” he lamented.

 

The full-back from Laguardia has played his 560th official match for Athletic and equals Muniain as the second player with the most matches played in the red and white shirt. Ahead of De Marcos and Muniain, the current captain of San Lorenzo de Almagro in Argentina, only the legendary Iribar (614) appears in that historical ranking. Athletic already experienced an episode of racism in the periquito field, against Iñaki Williams, shouting monkeys in January 2020. Nico was thrown something similar at the Villamarín and the Metropolitano. In any case, the red and white president, Jon Uriarte, regretted that “these things also happen in our field” and asked for respect from the San Mamés Animation Stand.