バルサ「公式に謝罪」　選手の差別発言で声明―欧州サッカー

　【ロンドン時事】サッカーのスペイン１部リーグ、バルセロナは７日、所属するデンベレとグリーズマンが日本人やアジア人への人種差別と取られる言動をした問題について、「日本の方々に不快な思いをさせたことを遺憾に思う。あのような姿勢はクラブの価値観とは決して一致しない。公式に謝罪する」と声明を出した。　
　２選手が２０１９年に来日した際、宿泊ホテルの日本人従業員の顔をからかう動画がインターネット上に流出し、問題になっていた。（2021/07/08-08:22）

Spanish football club Barcelona said Wednesday it wants to "apologize publicly" over a video filmed in a hotel room in Japan, in which two players of the club appeared to make remarks or show behaviors that can be taken as racist.
   FC Barcelona said in a statement that it deeply regrets the displeasure among Japanese and Asian fans caused by the recently surfaced video in which Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann "displayed a lack of respect in their attitude" toward several hotel employees in Japan.
   "This attitude in no way coincides with the values that FC Barcelona represents and defends," the club said.
   The two Barcelona forward players, who are also in France's national team, have been under fire for mocking the appearances of Japanese hotel staff members and their language in the video taken during a Japan tour of the club in 2019. The video recently went viral on social media.