Belgian footballer and English Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku today called on the authorities to take real action after another series of racist outbursts in European stadiums.
"Enough is enough, take real action, now," Lukaku wrote on social media.
This weekend saw three ugly racist incidents - in Germany, Belgium and England.
In Germany's third tier competition, the game was stopped due to racist abuse from the stands, Vincent Kompany, the coach of Anderlecht, was targeted by fans of Club Brugge, while Arsenal's player Rob Holding heard racist abuse directed at his teammates in Leeds, HINA reported.
The football players of the German third division Osnabrik left the field in the 35th minute of the away game against Duisburg due to racist abuse from the stands. For the first time in three professional German leagues, a team left the field after a racist incident and the game did not continue.
The break came with the score 0:0 in the 35th minute of the match between MSV Duisburg and VfL Osnabrik after the home fans racially abused the dark-skinned away striker Aron Opoku (22), who is originally from Ghana but has made several appearances for the young German national team .
The German Football Association (DFB) issued a statement condemning the racist incident and demanding that those responsible be punished.
In Belgium, the incident happened during the derby between Club Brugge and Anderlecht. Anderlecht coach Vincent Kompany said he was appalled by racist abuse from the home fans in Sunday's game, which ended 2:2.
Kompani added that his players and members of the coaching staff were also exposed to racist insults.
"I'm leaving the game disgusted. Me and my assistants were insulted during the entire game, and the players were also racist. We shouldn't have to go through this," Kompany said.
The English media reports that there were racist outbursts at the match between Leeds and Arsenal at Elland Road.
Arsenal goalkeeper Rob Holding said that Nikolas Pepe and Nuno Tavares were the victims of racist attacks, who were warming up next to the western stand.
Earlier this year, England manager Gareth Southgate expressed support for his players after they were racially abused in July's 4-0 World Cup qualifying win over Hungary.
"I don't think our players can do any more than they've done in the last two or three years to get the right messages across, take the right stances and it's up to other people to protect them. It's up to me to protect them primarily, but to protect them and authorities," the Daily Mail quoted the English strategist as saying.
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