Alonso: FIFA investigating racist abuse of Rüdiger

Antonio Rüdiger alleged that helium was racially abused successful the last moments of Real Madrid's 3-1 win implicit Pachuca successful the Club World Cup connected Sunday, and manager Xabi Alonso said that FIFA has launched an investigation.

Referee Ramon Abatti crossed his forearms successful beforehand of his chest, which signals the activation of the anti-racism protocol, 5 minutes into stoppage clip aft a little scuffle erupted pursuing a foul connected Germany planetary Rüdiger.

Asked if Rüdiger had been the unfortunate of racism during the game, Alonso told a quality conference: "That's what Rüdiger said, and we judge him.

"It is important to person zero tolerance successful these kinds of situations. FIFA present is investigating. That's each I tin say."

It was not instantly wide whether the alleged maltreatment came from the assemblage oregon an opponent. Gustavo Cabral, the Pachuca defender who Rüdiger clashed with earlier helium spoke to the referee, has denied that helium racially abused the Madrid defender.

"There was thing racist. I called him 'chickens---' arsenic we accidental successful Argentina, that's it," Cabral told reporters successful Spanish aft the game.

FIFA was not instantly successful a presumption to clarify the incidental erstwhile contacted by Reuters, arsenic it inactive awaits the referee's report.

Rüdiger, 32, has been the people of racist maltreatment respective times erstwhile playing for Chelsea, AS Roma and Madrid, some connected the transportation and online.

Information from Alex Kirkland contributed to this report.