SPAIN CAPTAIN CASILLAS: FA ARE "FOOLISH AND STUPID" TO MOVE FRIENDLY
Spanish captain Iker Casillas has slammed the Football Association as 'foolish and stupid' for requesting the European Champions move the friendly match against England away from Madrid.
England were due to play in the Spanish capital on February 11, but have demanded the game takes place elsewhere.
FIFA fined the Spanish federation 100,000 Swiss francs (£45,000) after England's Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Jermain Defoe and Jermaine Jenas were racially abused at the Bernabeu on England's last visit there in 2004.
But Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas, whose heroics earned Spain their first Euro title since 1964 in June, believes that the FA are punishing the majority for the actions of the minority.
"That decision seems to me a triviality, foolish and stupid," said the 27-year-old who has won 86 caps for his country. "In every ground there are a small number of people that shout against everything and everyone. But you cannot generalise.
"And the crowd at the Bernabéu had always demonstrated its respect and its taste by cheering good football."
Spanish captain Iker Casillas has slammed the Football Association as 'foolish and stupid' for requesting the European Champions move the friendly match against England away from Madrid.
England were due to play in the Spanish capital on February 11, but have demanded the game takes place elsewhere.
FIFA fined the Spanish federation 100,000 Swiss francs (£45,000) after England's Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Jermain Defoe and Jermaine Jenas were racially abused at the Bernabeu on England's last visit there in 2004.
But Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas, whose heroics earned Spain their first Euro title since 1964 in June, believes that the FA are punishing the majority for the actions of the minority.
"That decision seems to me a triviality, foolish and stupid," said the 27-year-old who has won 86 caps for his country. "In every ground there are a small number of people that shout against everything and everyone. But you cannot generalise.
"And the crowd at the Bernabéu had always demonstrated its respect and its taste by cheering good football."
Labels: England, football, Iker Casillas, Spain, World Cup 2010
