Cheikh Sarr thanks Vinicius for support after abuse - 'If all black players were like him, racism would end'

Rayo Majadahonda goalkeeper Cheikh Sarr has given an in-depth interview with Cadena Cope to explain what happened on Saturday, when he was racially abused by Sestao River fans in the third tier of Spanish football.

After Sarr was abused, he went into the stands to confront the racist, and was sent off by the referee. After matters had calmed down, Rayo captain Jorge Casado took his team off the pitch and decided that they would not return, resulting in a 3-0 defeat by forfeit, something Casado has said he would do again.

This follows on from a series of incidents involving Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid, while Marcos Acuna also received racial abuse from Getafe fans on Saturday too.

“In the warm-up everything was calm. It starts when the second half begins, at minute 50-60 they start saying strange things and monkey screams. I heard it but I didn’t pay attention to it. There were several. They also insulted my colleagues. They said some strange things to me but I put up with it. I neither look back nor pay attention to them. When they scored the second goal, it was the moment that broke my fast, I went to the post to get my water and a man with a hoodie and glasses, with a scarf over his face, told me ‘f***ing black; Run, you f***ing black man…’ and I couldn’t deal with it any long. He shouted this at me from very close by, one meter away, he came to where I was. I wanted to grab him to ask him why he was insulting me; if he hadn’t been with his children… The captain came to get me out of there and all my teammates came to defend me.”

The Senegalese goalkeeper found the referee’s actions at the time hard to stomach too.

“He didn’t see anything because he was in the middle of the pitch. He didn’t even ask me, he showed me the