Sevilla player Jordán targeted by hung dummy before derby with Betis
FILE - Sevilla's Joan Jordan reacts during the Champions League group G soccer match between Sevilla and Wolfsburg at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville, Spain, on Nov. 23, 2021. The Spanish league and Sevilla denounced an apparent hate act by unknown persons against Sevilla player Joan Jordan on Saturday, May 20, 2023 the day before the Seville city derby with Real Betis. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Miguel Morenatti]
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Spanish league and Sevilla have denounced an apparent hate act by unknown persons against Sevilla player Joan Jordán the day before the Seville city derby with Real Betis. A dummy wearing a Sevilla shirt of Jordán was found on Saturday hung from an overpass in Seville with the banner “Seville hates Nervión” in Spanish. Nervión Stadium is Sevilla’s former stadium. The incident is similar to one suffered by Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior. In January 2022, Jordán was struck in the head by a piece of PVC pipe hurled from the stands at Betis’ stadium.
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