FC Porto striker Moussa Marega walked off the football pitch in protest after being racially abused during his side’s 2-1 win against home team Vitoria Guimaraes in Portugal’s Primeira Liga, on Sunday.

The 28-year-old Malian scored what proved to be the winning strike in the 60th minute and celebrated the goal by pointing to his skin in response to a section of home fans who targeted him by making monkey noises during the league match on Sunday.

He was shown a yellow card for the reaction and after the abuse continued he tried to leave the pitch, pointing his thumbs down to the crowd but was restrained by his teammates for several minutes.

Porto coach Sergio Conceicao, who also went on the field and spoke with Marega, was eventually forced to substitute the Malian player in the 72nd minute.

“We are completely indignant,” Conceicao told reporters.

“They insulted Marega since the warm up. We are all a family here, regardless of our nationality, skin colour, height or the colour of our hair and we all deserve respect. What happened here is outrageous.

“I know the fans here are very passionate about their club and many fans are not represented by some of the people who were in the crowd today.”

Marega later took to his Instagram page to address the issue.

He wrote:

“I would just like to tell these idiots who come to the stadium to make racist screams … go fuck yourself ???? And I also thank the referees for not defending me and for giving me a yellow card because I defend my skin color.

“I hope I never meet you on a football field again! YOU ARE A SHAME !!!!”

 

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