Albert Riera (Bordeaux) on the report for racist insults made by Dunkirk: “The player is not sidelined”

Girondins de Bordeaux gave themselves a breath of fresh air with the prospect of remaining in Ligue 2 by beating Dunkirk on Tuesday night (2-0), their first home win in two months, but another news made the athlete pass in the background. The day after the match, the northern club announced via a press release that they had reported to the LFP. According to USL Dunkerque, one of the players was subjected to racist insults from a Bordeaux player.

In the process, Bordelais in turn issued a press release to confirm that they took “very serious” these accusations and that an internal investigation was opened “to shed light on these events”. This investigation has not yet concluded and it is Albert Riera who was called to speak on the subject, this Thursday morning, on the sidelines of his press conference before the match against Laval, since the first questions directly addressed this.

“I can’t control what the players say on the pitch, said the Spanish technician. We are all against racism and we must condemn everything that happens in relation to it, then I don’t know if it is true, not true, but we are all against it. This can’t happen, it’s a process now, we all have to be strong and strong against all this, that’s what I can say. This press release came out yesterday. And we’ll see how this is resolved. »

The Bordeaux coach has therefore not taken any precautions against his player for the time being. “He’s not on the sidelines, because we don’t know if it happened or not, we have to wait, we’re all against it, but first we have to know, Riera added. There are opinions, people talk, it’s something we can’t let slide and we have to be careful on both sides. »