{"id":469629,"date":"2011-07-28T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T08:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/28\/chelsea-make-official-complaint-to-malaysian-fa-over-yossi-benayoun-racist-abuse\/"},"modified":"2011-07-28T08:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T08:38:00","slug":"chelsea-make-official-complaint-to-malaysian-fa-over-yossi-benayoun-racist-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/28\/chelsea-make-official-complaint-to-malaysian-fa-over-yossi-benayoun-racist-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea make official complaint to Malaysian FA over Yossi Benayoun racist abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"53.8795620438\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> have made a formal complaint to the Malaysian FA over the racist abuse midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/israel\/1690\/yossi-benayoun\">Yossi Benayoun<\/a> was subjected to during the club\u2019s pre-season tour of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Israeli midfielder was jeered by sections of the crowd during Thursday\u2019s clash with a Malaysian XI in Kuala Lumpur, a game in which Didier Drogba scored in a 1-0 victory for the west Londoners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With Malaysia a largely Muslim country, the club has concluded the abuse from a minority of the crowd towards Benayoun was anti-Semitic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A statement issued by Chelsea on Wednesday night said: &#8220;Notwithstanding most fans behaving appropriately on the night, we believe Yossi was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse by a number of supporters at the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Such behaviour is offensive, totally unacceptable and has no place in football.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/28\/2594186\/chelsea-make-official-complaint-to-malaysian-fa-over-yossi\" title=\"Chelsea make official complaint to Malaysian FA over Yossi Benayoun racist abuse\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea make official complaint to Malaysian FA over Yossi Benayoun racist abuse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Chelsea have made a formal complaint to the Malaysian FA over the racist abuse midfielder Yossi Benayoun was subjected to during the club\u2019s pre-season tour of the country. 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