Both teams took to the Martínez Valero pitch wearing shirts supporting Ceuta, but three players from the white team avoided joining in. Vinicius, Mbappé and Konaté came out with their shirts folded, not showing the message on the garment: “Todos somos caballas,” referring to the population of Ceuta.
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When they went to greet the Elche players, they took it off directly and appeared with Madrid’s green shirt. An action that caught the attention of viewers, who expressed their rejection on social media.
At the same time, Madrid issued a statement on its website announcing that “before the start of the match, players from both teams took to the Martínez Valero pitch wearing shirts that read ‘Todos somos caballas,’ as a show of solidarity with Ceuta.”
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This comes just a few days after the Grada Fans, the Santiago Bernabéu’s fan section, displayed a fairly large mosaic with Ceuta flags in support of the situation in the Autonomous City.
This is not the first controversy in the football world regarding what happened in Ceuta. Recently, Ez Abde, winger for Real Betis Balompié, has also received much criticism from the Moroccan people after displaying a shirt supporting the people of the autonomous city.
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