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July 29, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jul/28/chelsea-yossi-benayoun-malaysia

Israeli Player on UK Team Subjected to Anti-Semitic Abuse in Malaysia

(Guardian-UK) Dominic Fifield - Britain's Chelsea soccer club has lodged a formal complaint with the Malaysian Football Association alleging that the club's Israeli midfielder Yossi Benayoun was the subject of anti-Semitic abuse during last week's friendly in Kuala Lumpur. Large sections of the crowd booed and jeered Benayoun's every touch in Chelsea's 1-0 victory over a Malaysian team. "We believe Yossi was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse by a number of supporters at the game," a Chelsea spokesman said. "Such behavior is offensive, totally unacceptable and has no place in football."

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