If we want to talk about the famous clashes in the history of the Premier League, Manchester United's veteran Evra and Liverpool's old Suarez in 2011 must be able to rank high, although the two have shaken hands after many years, there are still many stories to tell. Recently, Evra, one of the protagonists of the story, told a story of that year.
Evra described: "One day I was walking down the streets of Manchester and suddenly my brother said: "Suarez was there! I was with my two brothers and I looked at Suarez and thought "Maybe this is a (beating his) chance" as I walked and I found his wife and children with him and I turned and left. Because I felt that whatever I wanted to do to him, I couldn't do it in front of his family. So I don't regret doing that (not beating him up) because I thought that would turn out to be terrible, so I didn't do anything that day. ”
The conflict between the two stemmed from a double red meeting in the 2011-2012 season, after which Evra called Suarez "h ghost" dozens of times on the field, which made Evra very angry. Suarez considers himself ill willful because he believes it is just a term for darker-skinned people in South America, not racism. But in Europe, the word is clearly a forbidden word. Suarez was subsequently suspended by the FA for eight games and fined £40,000. After Suarez's ban, the Liverpool team also deliberately put on a T-shirt printed with Suarez's head to express support for Suarez. At their next meeting, Suarez refused to shake hands with Evra, and the two sides clashed again.
Time can dilute hatred, and Evra gradually reconciles with Suarez. In the 2015 Champions League final, the two met again, with Evra describing the situation: "I was talking to Neymar and Suarez came up to me and shook my hand and asked me: Are you okay? I replied: I'm okay. Nothing special, but I wouldn't go on vacation with him, I don't hate him and I can't call him a racist because I don't know him, but he did say some racist things before. I did forgive him, it has to do with education, no one is inherently racist. ”
Racial discrimination is hard to disappear from the football field, but at least the fight against racism has intensified over the years, and no player now dares to do what Suarez did.