Barcelona young star; Lamine Yamal became the youngest goal scorer in an El Classico match on Saturday after scoring Barcelona‘s third goal of the game in the 77th minute. The spanish sensational winger came under heavy racial abuse during and after the game
Real Madrid are investigating alleged racist abuse aimed at Barcelona teenager Lamine Yamal during and after the 4-0 Clasico defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday night.
The 17-year-old scored the third goal of the match and celebrated in front of some Real Madrid fans by pointing to himself and then to the pitch.
Video footage of the goal celebrations appear to show insults being thrown at the teenage sensation.
Real Madrid have released a statement in regards to the incident which reads:
“Real Madrid strongly condemns any kind of behaviour involving racism, xenophobia or violence in football and sport, and deeply regrets the insults that a few fans uttered last night in one of the corners of the stadium
“Real Madrid has opened an investigation in order to locate and identify the perpetrators of these deplorable and despicable insults so that the appropriate disciplinary and judicial measures can be taken.”
