This afternoon my very favoritest soccer team, Arsenal played the second leg of their Europa League tie against Slavia Prague in Prague.
The match was the first game since Slavia Prague’s Ondrej Kudula was found guilty of racially abusing Rangers’ Glen Kamara last month and was duly banned for 10 matches by UEFA.
The official statement said they decided “to suspend SK Slavia Praha player, Ondrej Kudela, for the next 10 UEFA club and representative team competition matches for which he would otherwise be eligible to play, for racist behavior.”
Ahead of the match, Slavia Prague players refused to take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Arsenal striker and match captain, Alexander Lacazette chose to move a number of steps ahead of his teammates to stare down his opponents while taking the knee…
Given the situation, Lacazette’s stance was particularly poignant. And it’s very a powerful image. There is no place for racism in football nor wider society.
It was another terrific dinner! And the beans were delicious with the crispy onions on them. We really like theΒ Kroger Prep+Pared Home Chef Express meal kitsΒ a lot. And after dinner, we put together this new little record table for our living room…
Now we just need some more records and maybe a better record player with some little speakers or something…
It was another pretty good Monday. πππ€οΈπ½οΈπ΅β€οΈ