
Real Madrid fans chanted anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic slogans outside the Santiago Bernabeu stadium ahead of the Champions League match against Inter, prompting official condemnation from the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain.
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The incident occurred before the Champions League match between Real Madrid and Inter at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
Real Madrid fans shouted anti-Jewish and anti-Islamic slogans before the Champions League game with Inter. Diario Sport reports this.
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE) described the episode in a letter to the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Rafael Luzan. She expressed “deep concern and strong opposition” to anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim chants heard outside the Santiago Bernabeu before Madrid's match with Inter.
It is noted that a group of Real Madrid fans chanted the following chants: “If I see a Jew, I’ll kick him” and “Spain is Christian, not Muslim.” “We are well aware that this behavior does not represent all Real Madrid fans,” the statement said.

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