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At the epicenter of the controversial scuffle were the defender Cesc Fabregas and the forward Frederic Kanoute, who apologized to each other on Sunday and announced it on their social media profiles.
During the weekend match between these teams, passions flared up on the field during added time by the referee. After the referee awarded a penalty kick to the Seville team, Fabregas and Kanoute clashed off the penalty area. Their friends intervened to defend both players, and the conflict ended with a red card shown to Malian player.
Later, information appeared in Madrid newspapers that the Catalonia defender insulted his opponent with racist remarks and called him a "terrorist." To "confirm" this statement, some specialist who "reads lips" was even brought in.
C. Fabregas categorically denied any accusations of racism: "Throughout my career, I have played with footballers from all around the world and from all religions. I want to say that I did not offend any 'Sevilla' player with racist remarks. One of my teammates (Seydou Keita) is from Mali, and besides, I have an Arabic tattoo."
On Sunday, the Catalan and the Malian spoke on the phone and apologized to each other. Barcelona and Sevilla players announced this on their social media profiles on Facebook and Twitter.
"We spoke on the phone and we are ashamed of what happened yesterday. We have sorted everything out," said F. Kanoute.
"I just talked to F. Kanoute. We have explained everything and apologized to each other," said C. Fabregas.
The Spanish Football Federation has not yet announced whether they will start an investigation into possible racist insults.
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