Cases of racist attitudes in football occur frequently.
Every other week, there is news that a certain black player was the target of insults from fans on some football field around the world, including in important championships, such as Argentina, Brazil, Italy, England.
There are also situations of homophobia, with provocations from the crowd alluding to the (lack of) masculinity of a particular athlete, but the most striking ones refer to skin color.
The default is for the athlete to be targeted by fans of the opposing team.
As a rule, when it comes to the team itself, the fan, even being racist –unfortunately there are countless people around the planet who shamelessly discriminate against those who are not or think like them–, tolerate the black player who wears the shirt. of the guild.
In Bulgaria, however, CSKA Sofia fans couldn’t contain themselves and threw bananas at the team’s black athletes before the match against Botev Plovdiv.
Those related for this CSKA game who have black skin were the Brazilians Geferson (defender, ex-Internacional) and MaurÃcio Garcez (forward, ex-Brusque), and the Colombians Jordy Caicedo and Brayan Moreno, both forwards.
The episode resulted in the departure of coach Alan Pardew, who is white, and his assistant, Alex Dyer, who is black. Both are English and found it impossible to continue.
“The events in the match against Botev Plovdiv were unacceptable, not only for me but also for Alex Dyer and the players. [do time]”, said Pardew to the website of CSKA, which is the biggest champion of the Bulgarian Championship, with 31 titles.
Faced with the action of racist fans, CSKA Sofia x Botev Plovdiv was threatened not to occur. CSKA athletes, outraged, refused to play, in solidarity with their insulted colleagues.
Shortly after, they retreated, and the match, at CSKA’s Balgarska Arimia stadium, went without further incidents and ended 0-0.
“Our players decided to play out of loyalty to the club,” Pardew said. “This small group of organized racist fans who tried to sabotage the game are not fans I want to coach a team for. This is not the right path for CSKA.”
With the decision to resign, Pardew remained as coach of CSKA for just over a month, in a total of just six matches.
The Bulgarian Championship ended with Ludogorets champion (the 11th title in a row). CSKA, who haven’t won the cup since 2008, came in second.
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