Valverde, De Marcos and Williams They criticized on the same playing field the behavior of some of their followers who threw flares at fans of Romethe coach and the first captain publicly condemned what happened and now the Athletic is launching a statement to censor and denounce what happened to Olympics. “Hau ez da gure stylea”, the text is titled. “It’s not our style”, in Basque.
This is the full statement released by Athletic
The Athletic Club wants to show zero tolerance for situations like what happened at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Athletic Club wishes to express its strongest condemnation of the unacceptable acts committed by a minority of people who went to the Europa League match against AS Roma and who were found in the visiting stands.
During the match, this small group lit flares and threw some of them into the local stands, violating safety regulations and tarnishing the image of our fans, known for their exemplary – behavior and unconditional support for the team in any situation.
These behaviors do not represent the historic values of the Athletic Club, such as respect, sportsmanship and coexistence. The club always strives to promote a positive atmosphere at sporting events, both in San Mamés and when traveling, and will fight tirelessly to ensure that there are no attitudes that endanger the safety of attendees or damage the reputation of our fans . As Valverde declared at the end of the match: “For all of us, football is a party. And it’s not football, we don’t like it.
The Athletic Club, in cooperation with the competent authorities, is already taking the necessary steps to identify those responsible and ensure that the corresponding sanctions are applied. The Club will strive to eradicate these behaviors, zero tolerance. This minority does not represent our fans. Captain Oscar de Marcos, along with Iñaki Williams, informed this minority of fans at the end of the match that their attitude was “unacceptable.”
Athletic thank the majority of its fans for their behavior in Rome, they continue to show their commitment to the Club and the values that make us who we are and they showed it again in a trip of 3,000 people to the Italian capital when without any incident and proudly displaying our colors and identity.
Athletic Club would like to apologize to AS Roma and its fans who were affected by the behavior of these people.
Source: La Verdad
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