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Real Madrid players obscure Ceuta support message
Three Real Madrid players obscured a Ceuta shirt message while Mbappé framed the gesture as solidarity with residents and migrants.
What happened
Before Real Madrid’s league match at Elche, Kylian Mbappé, Vinícius Júnior and Ibrahima Konaté rolled up shirts bearing a Ceuta support message, partly hiding it. Mbappé and Vinícius removed theirs before pre-match greetings. Mbappé later stated solidarity with Ceuta and migrants who died crossing from Morocco.
Numbers
- Three playersRolled up the support shirts
- More than 100Deaths during July’s Ceuta crossing
- 80,000 peopleEstimated July crossing into Ceuta
Questions
- What does Caballas refer to?
- Caballas is the nickname for Ceuta’s people, a Spanish autonomous city on North Africa’s coast, bordering Morocco directly.
- Why was the campaign organised?
- Elche and a Valencian business association promoted the campaign after a July mass crossing overwhelmed Ceuta’s services and streets.
- How did La Liga respond?
- La Liga president Javier Tebas stated that partially wearing the shirt was the same as not wearing it, intensifying public debate.
- How deadly was July’s crossing?
- More than one hundred people died when tens of thousands crossed from Morocco into Ceuta in July, according to BBC reporting.
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Support and opposition
Who supports this, and why
Mbappé — The gesture supported Ceuta while also recognising migrants who died or live in harsh conditions.