His arrival in Spain caused controversy. Accused in the past of having hit and raped his partner, Mason Greenwood arrived in Spain, in the suburbs of Madrid, with a very specific objective: to get away from the whole affair and try to relaunch his career which was in limbo. And it’s rather successful, since the Englishman has found some color on the Getafe side, having a very good season. Author of 8 goals and 6 assists in 32 La Liga matches, Greenwood is back at his best.
So much so that we are talking about him for teams of the caliber of Naples, Atlético de Madrid and even FC Barcelona, while he could also find a place in the Manchester United squad. However, his demons from the past have not left him. In Spain, no one has forgotten his business and in each away match, the opposing supporters attack him, on different scales. Saturday evening, in a match that counted for butter on the Alavés pitch, he was attacked quite intensely.
Another difficult evening
“Greenwood Dies”, sang the audience of Alavés on numerous occasions. The situation escalated to the point where the referee had to interrupt the match only in the 18th minute of play. The stadium announcer even had to speak to calm the Basque public. After this interruption, however, the chants quickly resumed and the Getafe players confronted the Alavés crowd, asking them to stop. The referee no longer intervened, which caused Getafe to explode.
If the Englishman remained calm, Pepe Bordalas, Getafe coach, let loose in front of the media. “The audience sang ‘Greenwood Die.’ The protocol says that when it happens twice, the match must be stopped and the players sent to the locker room. This did not happen, and if the referees do not respect the rules, we will never end the insults and racism in the stadiums”, said the Spanish coach in particular, very annoyed that we were not protecting his player more. The message got through…
