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- Espanyol defender Omar El Hilali reports insult
- Mir then scores 90th-minute penalty to secure 2-2 draw
The Espanyol defender Omar El Hilali accused the Elche forward Rafa Mir of a racist insult during their teams? La Liga game on Sunday, according to the referee?s report.
Iosu Galech Apezteguia briefly paused the match under the anti-racism protocol in the 80th minute after speaking to the Morocco international El Hilali. ?El Hilali informed me that he [Mir] addressed him in the following terms: ?You came here on a dinghy,? which could not be heard by any member of the refereeing team,? wrote the referee in his report. Consequently, I proceeded to activate the anti-racism protocol, for which reason the match was stopped for three minutes.?
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