Nantes and Nice condemn the offensive chants about Emiliano Sala

Nantes and Nice condemn the offensive chants about Emiliano Sala

The Argentine striker, who spent four seasons at the Nantesdied in a plane crash aged 28 in January 2019, days after signing for the club Cardiff Citythen in the premier league.

Sala died, along with the pilot David Ibbotsonwhen the Piper Malibu plane crashed in the English Channel on a flight without a license, after choosing to travel privately instead of a scheduled flight.

The Nanteswho beat the Nice at the end of the French Cup on Saturday, he said in a statement: “FC Nantes discovered with horror the tenor of the chants of certain OGC Nice fans and cannot but strongly condemn such actions that degrade the memory of Emiliano Sala.”

“At the same time, FC Nantes would like to thank OGC Nice and their coach Christophe Galtier for their support and their firm condemnation of such comments.”he added.

The Nice said the behavior was not in line with his values ​​and condemned the “unthinkable and abject provocation of a minority of his followers”.

After the game against Sain Ettiene, the coach of the Nice, Christophe Galtieradded: “I have no words to describe what we hear. We hear many things in a football stadium. But that, where do the insults of a dead footballer come from? If that is our society, we are in trouble.”

The Nicewhere the Argentine goalkeeper plays Walter Benitez (former Quilmes) since 2016, lost the final of the French Cup 1-0 against him Nantes on Saturday and the song was only heard yesterday in the League 1.

The Nice is fourth in the classification of the Ligue 1 with 63 points, while the Nantes He is ninth with two games remaining.

Source: Ambito

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