Ajax and Heracles Spend the Opening Minute of Their Game Not Playing in Protest Against Racism (Video)

Ajax beat Heracles by 4-1 in the Eredivisie on Saturday, but the first minute of the game was spent with both teams not playing in protest after Ahmad Mendes Moreira of Excelsior was racially abused last week. It was a part of the measure taken by all clubs of the top two divisions in Netherlands.

Ajax and Heracles didn’t kick the ball for the first minute of today’s league match in protest at racism.

Clubs across the country’s top two divisions agreed to the measure after Excelsior’s Ahmad Mendes Moreira was subjected to racist abuse last weekend. pic.twitter.com/T200UexKdj

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