Spain's forward #19 Lamine Yamal controls the ball during the international friendly football match between Spain and Egypt at RCDE Stadium in Cornella de Llobregat, near Barcelona, on March 31, 2026. (Photo by Lluis Gene / AFP)
Madrid: Spanish football superstar Lamine Yamal, who is Muslim, on Wednesday slammed "intolerable" chants during a friendly against Egypt in Barcelona that police are investigating for Islamophobia and xenophobia.
The chanting "was aimed at the opposing team and was not something personal against me, but as a Muslim it is still a lack of respect and something intolerable," Lamal wrote on Instagram.
"To those who sing these things: using a religion as a form of mockery on a pitch shows you up as ignorant and racist."
