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“I’m not racist or xenophobic”: the Osasuna player speaks about the insults to a footballer from Oviedo | BE Gijón | SER Deportivos Gijón

The racist episode reported last Sunday by Real Oviedo you already have the version of the two involved. While Osasuna Femenino has opened an investigation to clarify what happened, Patricia Zugasti has denied any insults to soccer player Yuki Togawa.

“In one set of the game, we would go 4-1 and it would be the 75th minute and she (Yuki) kicked Leyre from behind, which for me was in red and I shouted: ‘What a kick that china hit her’ And he was not even close to them. He had the captain of Oviedo next to him, who began to shout ‘he said a Chinese whore, he said a Chinese whore’ and the referee has not listened to him. The girl started crying when she found out and the game stopped again. Leyre and I have gone to talk to her and we have told her that I am against, that I have not said anything of what they say and sorry for my words because I was at 200 percent and that at no time did I want to offend her, “he explained in statements to the newspaper Noticias de Navarra.

The soccer player rojilla claims to be “fucked” because what happened has been misrepresented. “I wanted to talk because you feel powerless. I have the whole team with me, they believe me and I have nothing against anyone, of any race or whatever country. The affected girl believed me and understood. He has forgiven me for the comment that I should not have said “, has pointed out.

On the club’s decision to remove her training until the situation is clarified, has stated that “we have talked about it, I understand it because everything has to be solved. I accept it and it has to be solved as soon as possible. That they take videos and images as soon as possible “.

Issue settled

While Togawa has pointed out, after spending a couple of days, that she is “calmer. At the time I got angry because it is a lack of respect, it is something that cannot be said, under any circumstances or to anyone because of their nationalityBut after talking about it with her, I don’t give it back any more. “

In statements to the newspaper El Comercio, she indicated that the rojillo president approached her to ask if she could speak with the Navarrese soccer player. “We talked, he apologized again and made it clear to me that he said it without thinking. I accepted his apology and told him that I hoped he would learn from this mistake., that he would not say anything similar to anyone “, has concluded in a controversy that he considers closed.


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