Another incident of racism in Spanish soccer has marred Atletico Madrid's 3-1 win over Athletic Bilbao. Spain forward Nico Williams says he was targeted by shouts of “monkey” while he took a corner kick in the first half at Metropolitano Stadium. Atletico, in fourth place, has a six-point gap ahead of Athletic in fifth with five games remaining.
BARCELONA, Spain — Another incident of racism in Spanish soccer marred Atletico Madrid ’s 3-1 win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.
Atletico captain Koke Resurrección condemned the incident, saying he and his teammates “were with Nico.”The Spanish league has been unable to stop repeated acts of verbal racist attacks against players, with Real Madrid forward Nico leveled just before halftime when Atletico star Antoine Griezmann made a poor pass that was picked off by Iñaki. The forward played Gorka Guruzeta clear to square the ball for Nico to score.
The game was beyond doubt in the 80th when a shot by Samuel Lino hit the post and bounced in off Simón.Girona provisionally moved into second place by winning at Las Palmas 2-0 in the Canary Islands.Defender David López scored in the 26th and Artem Dovbyk converted a penalty in the 57th to take his league-leading tally to 19 goals.Mason Greenwood scored twice and set up a third to lead Getafe to a 3-1 win at last-placed Almeria.
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