Morocco's national football team under racist attacks in Spain

Moroccan national football team’s fans are calling out racism against the Atlas lions in Spain, as the team prepares for their second friendly against Peru in the Iberian country.

Fans were outraged by an Instagram post allegedly posted by members of the hotel’s staff, insulting and degrading the Moroccan selection, explicitly xenophobic and Islamophobic towards the team.

In Madrid, the Atlas Lions are staying at the 5 star Eurostars Tower Hotel, in preparation for Tuesday night’s event at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium of Atletico de Madrid.

Across social networks, the posts have gone viral,  showing several employees making fun of the footballers of the Morocco team who are observing the holy month of Ramadan.

The staff refer to the “Moors,” making fun of their fast and ridiculing the fact that they, Spaniards, have to service them.

Given the seriousness of the matter, the Eurostars Madrid Towers hotel has not taken long to respond to the viral attacks, condemning the facts and clarifying that they are going to make all necessary information available to the police.

“First of all, we would like to apologize to everyone who has been offended by what happened,” says a hotel official.

“On a personal note, I am an Arab person, a Muslim, who is performing Ramadan like many colleagues in the hotel and therefore we feel equally hurt as any Muslim around the world,” continues expressing the individual, quoted in Spanish media.

“From the Eurostars Towers we want to condemn any racist act, and we apologize again to all the people who have been offended,” he adds.

“The people responsible for these images do not belong to the hotel or the chain, but are extras who work when there are events in the hotels, and have already been dismissed, reported and made available to the police to take responsibility for their actions.”