Torres in Atletico colours and captaincy.
The pity goes to Liverpool hero Fernando Torres. Born and brought up in Madrid, He went through the whole youth system to finally become Atletico Madrid’s captain. Then, in 2007, he made a big move to Benitez’s Liverpool. Having been in England for a long time, Fernando wanted to go home. But UEFA said no.
He described UEFA’s decision to hold the match at a neutral venue the worst possible news. He was looking forward to going back to the Vicente Calderon but accepted that the reasons were right.
Against Marseille on Children’s Day, the Atletico fans shouted racist comments at the Marseille players, most of whom are Black Afro-French. Therefore, UEFA gave Atletico a ban from playing at the Vicente Calderon. The switching of the venue of the game which was supposed to be held next Tuesday was criticized heavily by Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry.
“After so much time waiting, it is the worst and most unexpected news that I could have heard this morning,” Torres told the Spanish newspaper Marca. “I’m eager to go back. I don’t know if it is definitive, I hope that a solution can be found. It is a shame that these incidents have forced the stadium to be closed, but if this is what happens then we have to accept it.”
However, the move received positive responses from anti-racism campaigners. This kind of thing was why FIFA launched the well-known ‘Let’s Kick Racism Out Of Football’ campaign. It is good that it is being implemented even by UEFA.
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