5 Worst Moments of Racism in Football

#1 Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez

In a match between Liverpool and Manchester United in 2011, Luis Suarez was accused of abusing Patrice Evra using racial slurs. Suarez had maintained (and still does) that though he had used the word “negro” it held a different meaning in Spanish and was used in that context.

The disciplinary commission found Suarez guilty of using the word seven times and even saying that “He doesn’t talk to blacks”. Liverpool players even protested against the FA by donning t-shirts with Suarez’s face over it. As the case continued, he was proven guilty, fined heavily and was banned from playing eight subsequent matches.