On February 5, Dunkirk traveled to Nîmes for the 23rd day of Ligue 2. At the end of the match, Dunkirk defender Samuel Yohou received a yellow card, synonymous with suspension for the match against Nancy, after celebrating the victory in front of the Nîmes supporters. However, in an interview with The voice of the North, he explains that he had done so because he had received racist insults during the match. “It started with the lighter, they threw a lighter at Jérémy Huysman, the insults came from the left side (stand opposite the benches). Before the game was over, I was hearing “dirty black, get up you dirty shit“, he says to start.
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The defender explains that every point counts in his club’s season and this is also one of the reasons which led him not to react during the meeting. He also indicates the referee’s lack of consideration: “You know, I’m 30 and I don’t really care to hear bullshit like that. Afterwards, at the end of the match, it’s really natural, I was happy with the victory. I looked at them. We know that all the points are complicated, so when we are going to win in Nîmes when no one was betting on us to take three points, I respond with rage. The linesman thinks I’m celebrating the win, but like a little too much. I explain to him that before that, I was insulted with racist insults. OK for 90 minutes I manage to stay focused, but in the end, if I can tell them “shit”, I’m not going to deprive myself of telling them (…). The referees did not try to understand. »
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