In England if they are serious about racism

In the last hours we met two stories that give an idea of how seriously they are taken in England the problem of racism. On the one hand we have the case of the Liverpool player Luis Suarez, who has been sanctioned by the FA with eight-game suspension for having uttered racial slurs Patrick Evra, Manchester United footballer. On the other side is an even more serious: the British prosecutors have accused the Chelsea captain John Terry, "a crime of disorderly conduct racially aggravated". The Office considers it proven that the defense gave a blue xenophobic insult against Anton Ferdinand, Queens Park Rangers player, so it has asked the police to take action on the matter.

Terry leaves to get into another one. Early last year came to light that one of his extramarital affairs with women had been a former teammate, a mess that he got into the thick of the press, both rose as the sports-sometimes difficult to differentiate - to the point that England coach Fabio Capello of Italy, took the highly controversial decision to set aside to Terry of the captaincy of Team Rose. Now that he had recovered the bracelet of the national and the press had already moved to exploit other reefs, Terry is back on everyone's lips for a very ugly.

Luis Fernandez Suarez landed in England with very good start. In just a couple of months his goals made him the new idol of fans who felt betrayed by their former striker, Fernando Torres, who had reached the end of the transfer request dip to go to Chelsea. The Uruguayan finished the season as the best possible way, winning the Copa America with the selection Charrúa, but autumn has laid her fatal. It seems that it is not so happy at Anfield and says he has not had a good attitude to the run of poor results with the network that the campaign began.

You will now be suspended eight games for insulting Patrick Evra, according to several British media say the word he used over and over again was nigger -. But the thing is not there because the FA is investigating another case with Luis Suarez as the protagonist, this time in relation to a possible obscene gesture (a comb) that would have made ​​the fans of Fulham in the last match reds and cottagers enter.

What is clear is that in England if they are serious about racism. Every possible case that arises is investigated to its logical conclusion, whether it is a matter between players as if the problem comes from the stands. Remember Tottenham initiative of which I spoke earlier this year.

In England are ahead of us in regard to prosecute and punish cases of racism in football. It is also true to be fair, that the British Isles have to live with other ethnicities and races a few decades rather than Spain, so that the problems of coexistence come from far, and there were times more gray before the determination and seriousness with which to act now. In Spain we are greener, it's true, but this should not be a mitigating factor, but a stimulus to learn from each other and get down to work to address this root problem.

But of course, speak Spanish football, specifically its leaders, both federal and flush with the box, so one unbeliever he tends to think that people will have to be, the fans themselves, the one that put the batteries in charge. A day in Spain, almost all (if not all) is ignored, both with what goes on the lawn as to what happens in the stands, and when punishment and sanctions financial penalty becomes so weak that the actions of the authorities even more ridiculous if they had done nothing.

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