Amid the controversy sparked by what happened on Tuesday in the Elche-Real Madrid match, in which Vinicius, Mbappé, and Konaté avoided wearing the support shirt for Ceuta, as the other 19 players present at the Martinez Valero did, the players of Atlético de Madrid and Osasuna have displayed a banner with the slogan “Todos con Ceuta”.
Both teams came out with that intention from the locker rooms after discussing between the two clubs the best way to carry out that statement. The players posed with the slogan for the photographers and the entire stadium burst into applause shortly before Hernández Maeso signaled the start of the match.
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The red-and-white club has reacted in this way after the wave of criticism received by the white trident despite the league match facing Club Atlético Osasuna and not a club from the Valencian community. The campaign has changed a bit compared to what was shown at the Martínez Valero.
It should be remembered that the initiative, “Todos somos Caballas” was launched last September 11 by the Valencian Business Association (AVE). An organization chaired by Vicente Boluda Fos, former president of Real Madrid and one of the most influential businessmen in the Valencian Community at the head of a namesake shipping company.
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The idea was to initially deploy it in matches in the Valencian community. FC Barcelona, however, declined to wear it in their match against Levante last Sunday. The Betis players also wore it in their match against Villarreal, including the player of Moroccan origin, Ez Abde, who was the subject of furious criticism on his social networks. The footballer, after deleting many of his posts, justified himself through the same medium saying it was a social message and not against either his people or his country.
This, the presence of Brahim in the locker room as well as the friendship of the French star with Achraf Hakimi and the intention not to take a political stance, despite the various statements by Kylian Mbappé against the far right, were the reasons for the white players not to participate in the campaign accepted by their club and teammates.
