Belgium Jupiler League membership Genk have reacted to racial abuse aum d at Nigerian striker Tolu Arokodare following their loss to Membership Brugge on Sunday.
In the course of the encounter at Cegeka Area, Arokodare had an early likelihood to place Genk forward from the penalty spot.
Nonetheless, the 23-year-old missed his penalty kick.
Finally, the guests scored three targets to emerge victorious after 90 minutes.
Following the sport, a bit of Genk followers had been sad, and so they took their anger to social media and despatched threats and racist slurs to Arokodare.
Following the incident, Genk issued a press release, promising to take motion in opposition to the perpetrators and the police.
“After the match in opposition to Membership Brugge, Tolu obtained a sequence of racist reactions on social media,” Genk’s assertion learn.
“KRC Genk and everybody concerned with the membership condemn the reactions 100%. Racism has no place. Not in soccer stadiums, not on social media, nowhere.
“Sadly, racism remains to be deeply rooted in soccer and, by extension, in society as a complete. It’s a shared accountability to place a cease to this. As a membership, we do every little thing we are able to to trace down these accountable and report them to the police.”
