Denis Bouanga was the victim of racist insults in a video sent from members of the Magic Fans fan group. – Mourad ALLILI / SIPA
Heavy atmosphere in Saint-Etienne. On the night of Thursday to Friday, the Magic Fans, the most powerful group of Greens supporters, posted a message of apology on their Twitter account after a few members sent an insulting video to one of the players. of the team.
“It is with shame that we are forced to communicate today,” writes the association. We, Magic Fans, strongly condemn these comments and apologize to all the players, the staff (…). We still wonder how a small group of people who have neither the values nor the mentality of our group have been able to thwart our mistrust of behavior like this. “
Apologies directly to the training center
The team reports this Friday that the player targeted by this video is Denis Bouanga. Shot in the premises of the association, it contains racist and xenophobic comments. Extracts published by the sports daily: “Sale nigga”, “ASSE is a white race club” or “Chalalalala, go home! “… Before posting this message of apology, the historic leaders of the Magic Fans came to the club training center Thursday morning to do it orally in front of the players and staff.
Denis Bouanga received this video on his Snapchat account, on the eve of Sainté’s victory in Nîmes, last Sunday. Shocked, he had the instinct to film her with another phone before she disappeared. He didn’t make it public, but immediately showed it to his teammates and executives. As reported The team, the latter then summoned the leaders of the group of supporters at the beginning of the week.
A complaint against X for racist insults filed
The authors of the shame video have been kicked out of the Magic Fans. The club has written a statement published this Friday morning, in which he “takes note” of the message of the group of supporters. “The club shares the indignation of its professional group as well as that of all the people legitimately injured and shocked by the content of this video”, it is written. A complaint against X for racist insults was lodged with the public prosecutor.
“What happened is unspeakable,” commented Claude Puel at a press conference this afternoon. On the part of the players and on the part of Denis, there is no question of amalgamating with our supporters who do not represent this act. Things have been said and done. It affects the player, his teammates, the staff and the club. “ASSE, 15th and concerned by the fight for maintenance, receives Bordeaux on Sunday on behalf of the 32nd day of Ligue 1.