Rudiger's Loud Voice About Racial Action In The Premier League

JAKARTA - Racial action is happening again in football. This time, the victim of Chelsea player Antonio Rudiger, when the Blues beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the Premier League, Sunday, December 23 evening.

Rudiger was involved in an incident with Spurs midfielder Son Heung-min in the second half at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. During the row, the South Korea international attacked Rudiger with a kick. Actions for which he was rewarded a red card.

Shortly after that, as Cesar Azpilicueta confirmed after the match, Rudiger reported to his captain that he heard of racial abuse. Azpilicueta then took the complaint to referee Anthony Taylor and a public speech system was used to convey anti-racism messages to supporters.

Rudiger then named the "idiot pair" who allegedly racially abused him during the match to be identified and punished. The Germany international issued a statement on social media after the match, urging officials not to let the incident pass without a strong response.

Biiiiiiig Wiiin! 💙👊🏾👊🏽👊🏻 #NoToRacism #PleaseGetSomeBasicEducation #AlwaysBelieve #Hustle #cleansheet @ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/jootvSITzZ

- Antonio Rüdiger (@ToniRuediger) December 22, 2019

"It's sad to see racism again at a football match, but I think it's very important to talk about it in public. Otherwise, it will be forgotten again in a few days [as usual]," the Chelsea defender tweeted.

"I don't want to involve Tottenham as a whole club in this situation because I know only a few idiots are the culprit. I have had a lot of messages of support on social media from Spurs fans in the last few hours - thank you very much for this," continued Rudiger.

The defender also really hopes that offenders are found and punished immediately. In a modern football field such as the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with dozens of TVs and security cameras, he continued, finding the perpetrator is not something difficult.

"If not, there must be witnesses in the stadium who saw and heard what happened. What a shame that racism will still exist in 2019. When will this nonsense stop?"

It is really sad to see racism again at a football match, but I think it's very important to talk about it in public. If not, it will be forgotten again in a couple of days (as always). (1/4)

- Antonio Rüdiger (@ToniRuediger) December 22, 2019

Meanwhile, Spurs coach Jose Mourinho admitted that he was disappointed by this embarrassing incident. He will not tolerate acts of racism in football.

"I am focused on the match, I am too far from the area where it happened," he told reporters when asked if he heard anything.

"I don't have much to say other than something that saddens me. I hate racism in society, I hate racism in football," insisted the former Chelsea coach.

Like Rudiger, Mou also admitted that he was disappointed that things like that still happen in football. But he admitted he was shocked when the referee stopped the match and spoke to the players and coaches.

"I lost, I didn't want the game to be stopped, but as soon as I found out the reason why it was stopped, I clearly understood and accepted it. This club is also a club that is very proud of the situation (the game has been stopped because of things) like this and the club will also internally try. remove it [racism]. "

For information, in that match, Willian scored two Chelsea winning goals.