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Barcelona defends Messi over racial abuse claims

May 11, 2012 | Sapa-AP  | 27 comments

Barcelona has staunchly defended Lionel Messi over claims he racially abused a black Real Madrid player several seasons ago, calling such claims "well wide of the mark"

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Thu Jun 20 02:47:07 SAST 2013 ::
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May 11, 2012

veezee

I think Royston Drenthe is jealous of Messi's success & out of dis world football skills while he (Drenth) is a bench warmer
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May 11, 2012

sakhomba

nigg.a Royston Drenthe. leave Messi alone. so says nigg.a Sakhomba. you dig?
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May 11, 2012

NevusAuvius

Drenthe use another stunt to sell yourself.
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May 11, 2012

Shredder

@sakhomba
so says nigg.a Sakhomba. you dig?
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Wow. I respect you. It means you also embrace being called a k@ffir because both words have the same derogatory impact.
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May 11, 2012

Keafixa

attention seekinng in the wrong way....do it in the field of play boss.

Messi will always be the best.
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May 11, 2012

sakhomba

@Shredder

I would care less if for some reason Potgieter come along and call me a k@ffir. it would not change the direction of the sun rise or sunset. but of course I will moer him goed.
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May 11, 2012

Tshikhokhonono

Drenthe likes drama, he was becoming forgotten since his Madrid bench warming days and now he is trying so hard or should i say well wide of the mark for fame.
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May 11, 2012

DeCock01

Drenthe - always in the papers for the wrong reason!! And if his calling Messi racist...then Higuain who was playing with him at Madrid is also a racist....Hinguain also called Drenthe 'negro/negrito'...then why is the media not accusing Higuain of racism...they are after Messi...trying to make that hair gel model Penaldo player of the year...what a stunt!!
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May 11, 2012

Fanle

Why now? Why didnt he say anything sonke les'khathi?
This Drenthe is Dented ngempela.
I doubt Messi is a racist
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May 11, 2012

inkwenkweemdaka

no comments
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May 11, 2012

DJWinner

I never saw Messi talking to anyone in the field of play, except his teammates. Players kick him left right centre, but he says nothing.

People are just jealous that the little man will win the world player for a record 4th year in a row. People are annoying sometimes.
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May 11, 2012

willows

Messi is da best but i still praise da skill Ronaldhino used to display
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May 11, 2012

KarlZimbiri

sakhomba
nigg.a Royston Drenthe. leave Messi alone. so says nigg.a Sakhomba. you dig?
hahaaaaaaaaaa, nigg.a Sakhomba?
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May 11, 2012

KarlZimbiri

Shredder
@sakhomba
so says nigg.a Sakhomba. you dig?
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Wow. I respect you. It means you also embrace being called a k@ffir because both words have the same derogatory impact.
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True cde Shredder, both carry the same weight and are used in the same context except the context under which Afro-Americans use them. Even the context under which General Mahatma Ghandi used the k-word in the samne derogatory way, but in SA he (Ghandi) is a hero.
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May 11, 2012

TSOENYANA

Stru Fanle! i mean relly now, why the media always give people attention even if they don't deserve it?
He just thought of an alternative way of drawing the sportlight on himself and as usual the media obliged! Hayi suka maan!!!!
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May 11, 2012

Shredder

@KarlZimbiri - I ussually hear Balck South Africans call each other nigg@z, but wonder why do they get mad when they are being called k@ffir. That is stupid. The thing is we have embraced Black American lifestyle and made it part of us. Even the Black Americans don't like it when somebody who is not their friend call them nigg@. But anyway, what can we say.......
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May 11, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

If this was said by Ronaldo I would understand, but not this Dwarf it does not suit him. The timing of Drenthe is questionable as well, his team mates at Madrid called him Negro.s but he did not report them why only single out the Dwarf is it because Messi ( Dwarf) has got skills and he does not?
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May 11, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

Drenthe played several seasons at Madrid before being loaned to Hercules last season, and he moved to Everton this season. The 25-year-old never cemented his place at either Spanish club due to on-field performances and off-field problems, and was recently excluded from manager David Moyes' squad for disciplinary reasons.
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@Drenthe, you lack discipline......... no wonder you are being "shuffled" around from one team to the next. Instead of clutching at straws rather work on your performance
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May 11, 2012

Cappuccino

"It's indisputable, he's the best (player in the world) and he deserves another Ballon d'Or," Barcelona teammate Isaac Cuenca said.

(Player in the world) hayi sowetan Isaac Quenca didnt say that, y putting words for him?
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May 11, 2012

The-Rothschilds

footballers are trashy people in general.......................should we expect anything decent from them?
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May 11, 2012

fizo

Just because is Messi..if he did so why protecting him...I wonder if it was Rooney.
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May 11, 2012

Uncompromising

South American countries also have a high rate of racism and prejudice especially against those South American who look prominently African. Argentina is no exception. So, y should Messi be different.
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May 11, 2012

Eraser

i believe him..i trust my instinct...some white people r crapppppp
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May 11, 2012

Skomoro99

Nigro please
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May 11, 2012

mjebha

Messi is not a Model.........eish i meant to sat Ricist:-o
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May 11, 2012

mjebha

i meant to say
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May 12, 2012

ntiyisohkhalanga

These people are jelus of messi, why mara?
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