Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has slammed racist chants directed at Alejandro Balde by Getafe supporters, calling them “unbelievable” and “completely wrong.”
The young left-back was verbally abused during the first half of the match in the Spanish capital and approached the referee to clarify.
“Today I received a racist insult and I don’t think this will continue,” Balde told reporters after the match ended 1-1.
“That was in the first half when I alerted the referee for a racist insult and he activated the protocol, but nothing further happened in the second half.
Flick was asked for his reaction to the situation when speaking to the media, but the former Bayern Munich and Germany manager naturally stood by his players and said he would take action against those responsible. I asked.
“There’s no room for that in football or in life. It’s unbelievable,” Flick said. “In the times we live in right now, that’s completely wrong. People who do things like this should stay home. I think we should fight them. That’s for the best. ”
Hansi Flick’s Barcelona have dropped yet another point/Soccrates Images/GettyImages
“But it’s not fair, so the people around you can do something too. That’s not the respect we want. I think everyone can do something.”
The Barcelona manager also touched on another disappointing result in La Liga, where Atletico Madrid were unable to capitalize on Friday night’s surprise defeat to Leganes. There was more bad news on Sunday. Clasico rivals Real Madrid defeated Las Palmas 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu to regain top spot from Atleti, seven points behind third-placed Barça.
“I’m not worried. We know the situation and we know we’ve dropped a lot of points in recent games, but that’s not what we want and we can do better,” Flick said. said. “But at the end of the day, this new year, you can see that we started the season very well and I’m happy with that.
“But now we have to show it. We have to show it because it’s a very important game in Lisbon. Getting three points there means we go to the next round. That’s what we want, but we have to play better.”
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