FC Sevilla again, Dortmund's Abdoulaye Kamara is the victim again: The victory of BVB's U19s in the Youth League is overshadowed by a racism scandal like a week ago. The perfidy: It is presumably the same perpetrator as a week ago and the referee does nothing again.
The victory of Borussia Dortmund's U19s in the Youth League against FC Sevilla was again overshadowed by racist incidents. As the "Ruhr Nachrichten" reported in the evening, Dortmund's Abdoulaye Kamara was denigrated with monkey noises and verbally insulted at 2-0 (1-0). Kamara, who comes from Guinea, was already the target of racist hostilities in the first leg in Seville last week. Referee Luca Pairetto and his team did nothing.
"There were the same insults and monkey noises as last week. A paramedic heard it and confirmed it. I brought this to the attention of the assistant referee. But the referee says he hasn't heard anything and it's testimony against testimony," said BVB- Coach Mike Tullberg the "Ruhr Nachrichten". Author is said to have been Alejandro Vazquez in the first leg, as it was a week ago.
Dortmund had recently announced that they would leave the field in the event of another racist incident. Tullberg offered that to his team, "but the boys said: No, coach - we'll give the answer in a sporty way and we'll win the game," said the coach.
There was no support from the referees. "I couldn't believe it, but a UEFA official actually started discussing what a monkey sounds like and what a monkey says with me. It was incredible," said Tullberg. "I didn't think the referee's reaction was okay. How are we going to prove that the insults happened?"
BVB had already lodged a complaint with the European Football Union (UEFA) about the incidents in Seville. "Something like that cannot be tolerated," said Lars Ricken, director of the youth academy, to SID last week: "The boys were shocked and upset. But nothing will happen, because the referee didn't hear or notice anything." The renewed incident will probably have no consequences.
