Barcelona have condemned the racist abuse encountered by Nigerian Basketball player James Nnaji during their Spanish basketball championship final victory over Real Madrid.
The incident occurred at a time when Spanish sport wrestles with the global criticism sparked by racism aimed at Real Madrid’s Brazilian football star Vinicius Jr.
According to local media, Nnaji was the target of racist insults.
Recently, footage of Barcelona’s bus at the WiZink centre in Madrid, where the match took place, revealed many Madrid fans hurling insults at the Barcelona players.
While reacting to the development, Barcelona basketball coach Sarunas Jasikevicius said: “I want to talk about what happened here with James Nnaji, I think it’s regrettable. I hear a lot about Vinicius and now it’s us who have to talk about what’s going on.
“It has to stop now. It doesn’t fit, I guess, with the values of Real Madrid and its supporters, and we have to be very angry about that.”
In a recent statement, Barcelona said: “FC Barcelona strongly condemns the racist insults suffered by first-team basketball player James Nnaji before game three of the final.
“The club expects a firm response from the ACB (Spanish basketball league) against any racial or verbal insults.”
Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 93-82 on Tuesday after winning the first two games of the final for the club’s 20th Spanish league title.
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