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Soccer
True Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso has voiced derive enhance for Antonio Rudiger following the defender’s pronounce of racist abuse at the discontinuance of their 3-1 Membership World Cup derive over Pachuca.
Rudiger, who performed the bulk of the match along with his personnel down to 10 males, reported the abuse after the last whistle. While it’s composed unclear whether it came from a Pachuca player or the crew, Alonso known as the incident “unacceptable.”
“We mediate what he stated,” Alonso acknowledged, confirming that FIFA’s anti-racism protocol had been activated. “If it took field, then measures must be taken. There is never any tolerance for this in football.”
The referee signaled the utilization of FIFA’s protocol in some unspecified time in the future of hurt time, and the incident is now below investigation.
