The second part of the meeting of LaLiga SmartBank between Rayo Vallecano and Albacete will be played behind closed doors, according to has informed the Chain to BE. The Competition Committee has taken this decision after the match was suspended for the rest of the last December 16, when he went 0-0 for the insults from the home crowd to Roman Zozulya, front Ukrainian of Albacete. “I Zozulya, you’re a nazi!”, “you fucking nazi!” or “get out of Vallecas!”, chanted the audience of Vallecas in the first half of the meeting. At the end of the first 45 minutes, both teams decided not to return to the turf and the referee proceeded to the suspension, the first in a match of LaLiga by insults.
The animosity against Zozulya in Vallecas, began three years ago, when the Lightning signed the player in Ukrainian. His signing sparked the rejection of the immediate followers of the team, who pushed for the player is not landed on the club, because that Zozulya had settled with symbology nazi and a fascist, something contrary to the values of the team. The striker tried to train with his new team, but the protests in the facility prevented it. Finally, after days of controversy, the striker resigned to stay in Vallecas, and he returned to Betis, the team that conceded the Beam, and ran out of play for the rest of the season.
Zozulya explained that defending the Army of Ukraine in the war against the pro-Russian and refused to simpatizara with nazism. “If something like that was happening in Spain, they would not hesitate to defend his country”, was justified, at the time said they feared for the safety of his own. “Football is my life, but if I have to choose between football and my family, the decision is pretty clear.” In 2017, Zozulya he signed for Albacete, but until now had not disputed any encounter at the Stadium of Vallecas to avoid problems. However, last December 16, yes came to the game, and during the week prior to the meeting the Lightning had asked for respect for the player. “I simply ask respect for Zozulya. Every one can express their opinions but with respect. If Vallecas has to opine, do so with respect. Only matters to me that Zozulya is a good striker, the rest does not interest me,” said Paco Jémez, coach rayista.
however, the fans do not give truce during the first half of the game until his suspension. The chants against Zozulya came on all of the fund where they are located in the Bukaneros, the fans more radical of the Beam, recognized leftist ideology. “It is a sad night for the Lightning and for the sport. We condemn categorically the insults of some of the fans from the bottom toward an athlete,” said the club president, Raúl Martín Presa. “By the fault of a few the majority of people had to return home without watching a game. This is not a policy nor a class struggle. This is sport, it is football and is to join, blend and bring together people of different ideas, races and religions,” he said. The Albacete welcomed the decision of the referee to suspend the match. “With this you opt for to defend the integrity of the people and the athletes,” said Victor Varela, vice-president of the club manchego, who advocated return to play “when the necessary conditions”. The suspension set a precedent, something that did not happen previously with the chants racist to players such as Eto’o, Ronaldo, Dani Alves and Iñaki Williams.
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