Nigerian player, Blessing Eleke was racially abused by the coach of his clubside during a game in the Slovenian league. Eleke scored a stoppage-time equaliser for Olimpija Ljubljana in their 1-1 game against Zavrc on Sunday, April 10. After his equaliser, Eleke celebrated wildly much to the displeasure of his own coach Marko Nikolic who felt his wasted valuable time celebrating a equaliser instead of going to look for the winner. 'Back idiot' Eleke was called by his coach. Nikolic will however not lose his job after apologising. "I never intended to offend the player racially or otherwise and I don't want to be associated with intolerance, racism or discrimination of any kind," Nikolic told the club's official website "I spoke to Eleke and he said he understood my reaction because emotional outbursts of this kind can happen. "I apologise for my reaction generated solely by the rush to score the winning goal after getting a 92nd-minute equaliser and I thank the team for not judging my act as racist." Olimpija, who have never won a league title in either Slovenia or the former Yugoslavia, are two points ahead of champions Maribor with seven games remaining. Olimpija president Milan Mandaric, the former Leicester City and Portsmouth owner, said: "The club distances itself from all individual acts which contravene our philosophy and condemns such acts strongly. "However, after careful consideration and talks with Nikolic and Eleke, we have come to the conclusion that the coach did not target the player's race. "It was an emotional reaction generated by an overwhelming desire to win the match. There is no excuse, but due to the circumstances, we have refrained from making a decision which would have affected the career of a young and talented coach who has a bright future."
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Posted: at 12-04-2016 03:07 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Life must continue. Is better to be called Black Idiot and still receive your weekly salary, than being jobless. As we see everyday Nigerian Government sacking workers.
Posted: at 12-04-2016 03:33 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie
nametalkam at 12-04-2016 06:47 PM (9 years ago) (m)
Choi! So this man that his head looks like a white potato can talk, but #respect to him, he apologized and sorted things out! Thats what matters the most, you cant crucify the man for getting carried away with passion, football is a game full of emotions and passion and saying rubbish is one of the things that comes with the game, hes apologized - thats all that counts
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Posted: at 12-04-2016 06:47 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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