After Sunday's brawl during a match between CD Marítima and Victoria, Basilio Coco, coach and director of the local team, told La Voz that "they will meet with the Federation to try to find measures" to avoid this type of behavior.
The referee stopped the match due to the increasing tension, but the situation worsened when several players from both teams went to the stands, which led to a fight between players and fans on the field. According to the minutes drawn up by the refereeing team, "number 15 of the visiting team addressed an opponent with the following terms: 'fucking black piece of shit'."
CD Marítima has stated that "we are against any type of violence." In addition, regarding whether the player who was the victim of the racist insults will take legal action or not, Coco has assured that "they will meet with him and his parents so that they can make the decision."
This incident occurs just over a week after another soccer match in Lanzarote ended in violence. Last Friday, February 14, a match between Club de Fútbol Puerto del Carmen (PDC) and Unión Deportiva Valterra, corresponding to the Primera Regional de Lanzarote, ended in blows at the Manuel Arrocha García municipal field in Puerto del Carmen.
