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Soccer. Australian Josh Cavallo targeted by homophobic comments. Sport

His words had made a bit of noise on the football planet. Last October, the Australian Josh Cavallo, Adelaide player, had come out. Which represented a great first for an active player. And, unfortunately, he suffered, this Saturday, January 8, homophobic remarks.

“Hate will never win”

His Adelaide club were moving on the Melbourne Victory lawn and the Australian received numerous insults from the stands. Incidents which did not lead to the end of the meeting. On his social networks, the player did not fail to react while promising to fight in the coming weeks.

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“I will never apologize for revealing my truth and, more recently, who I am outside of football, he wrote in an Instagram post. I’m not going to pretend I didn’t see or hear the homophobic abuse in last night’s game. There are no words to tell you how disappointed I was. This should not be acceptable and we need to do more to empower these people. Hate will never win. Football is a game for everyone, no matter who you are, what color your skin is or where you are from. “

Before that, the Melbourne club had issued a statement denouncing the facts. An investigation was also launched by the League and the two clubs.

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