Aurélien Tchouameni faces racist abuse as the Frenchman celebrates his 30-yard goal for Real Madrid in their win over Mallorca.

A Mallorca fan was arrested hurling racist abuse at Aurélien Tchouameni following the Real Madrid star’s winning goal on Saturday.

Tchouameni scored in the 48th minute with a thunderous shot from distance to beat Mallorca goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic.

The midfielder walked away to celebrate his 30-yard screamer, his third goal of the season.

Real Madrid players joined Tchouameni in celebrating at the corner of the pitch with the Spanish channel’s cameras capturing alleged monkey gestures from a home fan.

The fan’s face was pixelated by the channel.

Tchouameni scored in the 48th minute with a thunderous shot from outside the penalty area.

Real Madrid players went to celebrate with the midfielder the incident

Real Madrid players appeared unaware of allegations of racist abuse during their 1-0 victory.

The incident further fuels the debate around racism in Spanish football, with 16 incidents of racist abuse against Real Madrid’s Brazilian winger Vinicius Jr reported to Spanish prosecutors by LaLiga over the past two seasons.

Earlier in April, Getafe were ordered to partially close their central stand for three matches following racist and xenophobic abuse suffered by Sevilla manager Quique Sanchez Flores and player Marcos Acuna during a La Liga match .

The same day, a Spanish third division match between Rayo Majadahonda and Sestao River was suspended after Rayo’s Senegalese goalkeeper Cheikh Kane Sarr confronted a rival fan who he claimed was racially insulting him.

Movistar fired analyst German Burgos earlier this week for his comments on Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal.

The former Argentina goalkeeper and Atletico Madrid assistant coach said that “if (professional football) doesn’t go well for him, he could find himself at a traffic light.”

Real Madrid secured a 1-0 victory ahead of their Champions League match against Man City.

This comment, which was interpreted as a reference to people who stand at traffic lights and ask drivers for money.

Burgos’ comment led to Barcelona and PSG refusing to give interviews to the Spanish rights holder following their Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Burgos’ remark came as 16-year-old Spain international Yamal, born in Spain to Moroccan and Equatorial Guinean parents, was performing drills during the warm-up and the program’s host praised the player’s skills. teenager.

Burgos later apologized, saying that “sometimes humor gets you into trouble” and the 54-year-old later posted a more detailed apology on his social media, emphasizing that his “intention was not to denigrate Lamine Yamal, quite the contrary.”