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Two Spain players troll Achraf Hakimi after Olympics win – Samu Omorodion met with racial abuse

Two Spain players troll Achraf Hakimi after Olympics win – Samu Omorodion met with racial abuse
Two Spain players troll Achraf Hakimi after Olympics win – Samu Omorodion met with racial abuse

Spain authored a dramatic comeback on Monday evening, coming back from a goal down to book a place in the Paris 2024 Olympics gold medal match against the hosts France courtesy of Fermin Lopez and Juanlu Sanchez. It was at times a feisty affair.

There were no shortage of aggressive challenges and arguments during the game, and the rivalry continued off the pitch. Morocco captain and Paris Saint-Germain star Achraf Hakimi is known to celebrate his goals with a ‘penguin dance’, and did so after he scored against La Roja during the penalty shootout.

After the match, Valencia winger Diego Lopez included a penguin emoji in his social media post, while Atletico Madrid striker Samu Omorodion also posted a number of penguin emojis alongside laughing faces.

He later deleted his tweet, but his Instagram was sadly flooded with monkey emojis, as a form of racial abuse in retaliation. Needless to say, Lopez did not receive the same abuse for his tweet.

Samu le 'devuelve' el pingüino a Achraf y sus redes se llenan de insultos racistas
Samu le 'devuelve' el pingüino a Achraf y sus redes se llenan de insultos racistas

While Omorodion was no doubt being slightly mischevious with his post, it was ultimately a harmless dig at a rival player. To be met with a barage of hatred and criminal hate speech is clearly completely lamentable.