It looks clear that the fight against racism will not end anytime soon because football fans are not listening to the plea to stop. Ghanaian forwar
It looks clear that the fight against racism will not end anytime soon because football fans are not listening to the plea to stop.
Ghanaian forward Antoine Semenyo was racially abused by a 47-year-old man from Liverpool during Bournemouth’s visit to Anfield in the opening night of the new season, where the Cherries lost 4-2 against the defending champions.
In Semenyo’s first interview since he was abused racially, the talented footballer told ITV News that stricter measures are needed to end the barbaric act where people provoke people because of their colour and race.
“Whatever the Premier League are doing, it’s not enough and there’s more that needs to be done,” he said.
“It could be jail time, it could be banned from stadiums for a lifetime, it could be anything along the lines of that, but I feel like there has to be something else.”
The 25-year-old, who thanked the team-mates, opponents and fans who showed him support on the day, also revealed he was subjected to further abuse on social media in the aftermath of the incident.
“I feel like in this day and age it just doesn’t make sense and we want to know why it keeps happening. It was pretty painful to hear,” he said.
“I got back on the coach and I was just going through my messages. I wanted to reply back to family and friends, to be honest and then it obviously popped across the screen on Instagram, I was getting racially abused as well, and it’s just like straight after the game that’s happened.
“Someone has felt the need to come online and do that, so that made me angry, to be honest. Why would you want to do that?”, Semenyo concluded.
The fan who used unsavoury words on Semenyo has been banned from attending all football games in Britain and cannot attend UEFA Champions League finals.
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