Mouctar Diakhaby no longer wanted to resume the match after the racist insults of which he said he was a victim. – Román Ríos / EFE / SIPA
Word against word, media against media. As during the Neymar / Alvaro episode a few months ago in Ligue 1, the one who opposes the French Mouctar Diakhaby to the Spaniard Juan Cala gives rise to two truths. On the one hand that of the former Lyonnais and current defender of FC Valence, who accuses the Cadiz player of having called him “black shit” during the match between the two teams on Sunday, on the other that of the ‘Andalusian who swears by all the saints never to have said anything like that.
On Tuesday, the two men therefore delivered their truth and they still contradict each other. In a video posted on his Twitter account, Mouctar Diakhaby spoke (in Spanish) to give his version of the facts. “He told me ‘black shit’, repeated the French defender. It is intolerable, I cannot condone this. This must not exist, even more in football. With my teammates, we decided to go back to the locker room, which was a good decision. These words hurt me. I hope La Liga will act and sanction the player. Thank you to my teammates, to my club and to all those who have supported me since. “
Juan Cala denies everything
At the same time or almost, an exceptional press conference was organized on the Cadiz side to allow Juan Cala to break the silence. ” It’s wrong. I don’t know what he thinks he heard. Either he misheard or he makes up everything. I just told him to leave me alone, he first assured. I have no problem meeting him so that we can explain ourselves. There is no racism in Spanish football, we all have five or six colored teammates. “
But this one did not stop there, pointing the finger at the “media circus created around me for several days and from which I suffer. It’s a public lynching. “After affirming that he had never offered Mouctar Diakhaby to apologize to him to return to the lawn, Juan Cala went on the offensive, promising to” attack the president of Valencia for defamation. “But not that, obviously:” I will take legal action against all the people who have played with my image and my honor, “he concluded.
The images shot during the match should allow the authorities to draw the true from the false in the days or weeks to come. According to our colleagues from The team, Diakhaby’s version “is corroborated by the TV images and the sound of the meeting, where we clearly hear:” Negro de mierda, vas a llorar? ” (“Black shit, are you going to cry?”) “.