La Liga has referred a report to the Competition Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation and Spain’s National Anti-Violence Commission over chants it says incited violence, contained abuse or promoted intolerance at several La Liga matches.
The report, published by Spanish newspaper Marca, covers incidents at Valencia v Real Madrid, Atletico de Madrid v Barcelona, Celta Vigo v Levante and Espanyol v Deportivo.
Seven incidents at Mestalla
Seven separate incidents were recorded during Valencia’s match against Real Madrid at Mestalla, all from supporters in the Grada Sur/Grada Mario Alberto Kempes.
At 20:59, one minute before kick-off, a group of Valencia fans chanted collectively and in an organised manner for about 12 seconds: “Come and see, come and see, this is not a goalkeeper, she is a cabaret prostitute.”
In the fifth minute, the same supporters chanted for about 10 seconds: “Yes, yes, Real Madrid are whores.” The chant “Real Madrid, sons of whores” was also heard for about 10 seconds in that minute and was repeated for a further 10 seconds in the 80th minute.
At 23 minutes, supporters chanted for about 10 seconds: “That Portuguese man, what a son of a whore.” Kylian Mbappe was targeted at 78 minutes with “Mbappe, son of a whore”, which was repeated at 85 minutes, again for about 10 seconds.
Chants aimed at Barcelona and Abascal
During Atletico Madrid’s meeting with Barcelona, La Liga recorded a chant at 31 minutes from home supporters in sectors 127 to 133 of the lower section of the south stand. For about eight seconds, they sang: “Barcelona are whores and Catalonia are whores.”
The report also states that fireworks were set off in the lower south stand moments before kick-off, causing smoke to rise in the area.
At Celta Vigo v Levante, supporters in the central section of the lower Marcador stand chanted for about 15 seconds in the seventh minute: “Abascal, son of a whore, son of a whore.”
Espanyol supporters reported
Several incidents were noted during Espanyol’s match against Deportivo. Supporters in sectors 109, 110 and 111 of the Grada Gol Cornella, including members of the Grada Canito group, chanted: “Deportivo are whores and Riazor Blues are whores” at 39:30 for about five seconds, and again at 53:20 for about 10 seconds.
At 61:30, a chant lasting about 10 seconds referred to “a great pilot” and “a divine landing”, followed by: “Come on Taliban, planes to Camp Nou.”
At 65:10, supporters chanted “We want Yan’s head” for about 15 seconds. At 71:50, they sang “Barcelona are whores”, followed by “Barcelona, Barcelona, rubbish”, before returning to “Barcelona are whores”. La Liga said supporters in other areas of the stadium joined in.
The chant “Crush him, crush him” was heard while the visiting number 20 lay on the pitch at 73:40 and again at 88:20, lasting about five seconds on each occasion.
