Mathys Tel has pronounced for the first time since he was subjected to despicable racist abuse after the last defeat of Tottenham Hotspur against Paris Saint-German.
The Frenchman, 20, missed a decisive spot kick when Spurs lost to the Champions League winners with 4-3 in a penalty shootout last Wednesday.
Thomas Frank seemed destined for his first trophy after Micky van de Ven, who also missed a penalty, and Cristian Romero set up his side with 2-0, but PSG fought back with two late goals before he defeated traces in the Shoutout.
And, as it appears too often in the world of football, tel was subjected to waves of online racist abuse in the hours after he had fired his fine wide.
His club shouted the 'cowards' who hid behind anonymous profiles who express their frustrations at Tel in a statement released to social media.
Now, a little less than a week after the final, the young winger, who was shown in the 3-0 victory on his side at Burnley in the weekend outside the couch, broke his silence with an Instagram post.
Tel wrote: 'Everyone, after the last few days I passed, I wanted to thank you for all your support messages!
'I was also disappointed about Wednesday evening, but racism has no place in our society.
'Every day is a learning curve and every day is a lesson. I know where I come from, where I started and this won't get me down.
'With work and humility, respect reigns. Thank you all #Coys'
Tel is far from the first black player to receive racist abuse on social media after an accident on the field.
Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford were mainly subject to such abuse after their penalty missers in the final of Euro 2020. Although Lionesses -star Jess Carter only revealed that she left social media after she had focused on online.
Her decision led to the side of Sarina Wiegman announced that they would no longer take the knee before matches, and admitted that the gesture has now lost its meaning and goal.
Carter admitted that she breathed a 'sigh of relief' after a white teammate missed a penalty during the triumphant euro 2025 campaign of England.
The defender of England said to ITV: 'It is terrible to say, but it is almost like a sigh of relief when other players who were not black missed a penalty, because racism would have come with LJ (Lauren James) who would have been the only one who would have been missed astronomical.
“It's not because we want them to fail – it's about knowing how it will be for us (the black players of England) if we miss.”
In the aftermath of Tel's Miss last week, anti-discrimination in love with love warned that black players can eventually avoid the fine tasks as a result of racist trolls.
'If you are a black player, it would be completely understandable to think:' Why would I want to take a fine? “That is the state of the game at the moment, and the sad fact is that it is nothing new,” the organization said in a statement.
'Players are routinely focused on racism online and want action; We also want action.
'Accountability of perpetrators and social media companies is a baseline, but there is no achievement.
'Football bodies, authorities and the Regulator Vancom must come together to speed up a plan that better protects players.
“Their well -being must always be paramount, and we are at Mathys Tel and all those who have suffered this constant, racist abuse.”