Lamine Yamal has released a statement on disgraceful chants from a section of Spain fans against Egypt.
The match at Espanyol’s stadium saw chants of ‘whoever doesn’t jump is a Muslim’ heard twice and clearly from the home support.
Lamine, who is a Muslim himself, looked disgusted as he left the pitch, and has since spoken out.
In a social media statement, he wrote: “I am Muslim, alhamdulillah.
“Yesterday at the stadium the chant of “the one who doesn’t jump is a Muslim” was heard.
“I know I was going for the rival team and it wasn’t something personal against me, but as a Muslim person it doesn’t stop being disrespectful and something intolerable.
“I understand that not all fanatics are like this, but to those who sing these things: using a religion as a mockery in a field leaves you ignorant and racist people.
“Football is to be enjoyed and encouraged, not to disrespect people for who they are or what they believe in.
“With that being said, thank you to the people who came to cheer us on, see you at the World Cup.”
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