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Athletic Club forward Iñaki Williams regretted the celebration of the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, stating that it is not a level playing field. The Basque team lost 2-0 to Barcelona on Wednesday night and Williams later made his feelings known.
In both semi-finals, Jeddah saw largely one-sided crowds in favor of Barcelona and Real Madrid, with Mallorca and Athletic reduced to a few hundred traveling fans.
“Despite having a lot of fans here, it was like playing away from home. It’s a shame, because a match as attractive as this, if it had been played closer to home, would have been full of many of our fans.”
“It’s a shame that we have to play hundreds of kilometers from our fans and our families. For me it doesn’t make sense that we go to play in Arabia, but hey, football is like that now. It’s a shame.”
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He also believed that the CSD granted Barcelona a court order to temporarily register Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor, after their licenses were revoked in the January deadline.
“Like every football fan, I was surprised. It seems that the rules are not the same for all of us. It is not us who have to decide, and those who do will have their reasons. But we are still very surprised.”
“The image of Spanish football is stained by this, because it has caused a lot of division. I’m happy for Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor. “It is a very difficult situation for them, all they want to do is play football, so in that sense, as a professional footballer, I am happy for them.”
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Adding to Williams’ complaints was the frustration of Mallorca, who were incited, insulted and harassed as they left the stadium. The relatives of the Mallorca players were touched without their consent by local Real Madrid fans, and the Bermellón support did not have security between the stadium and their transport.
