John Mikel Obi Suffers Racial Abuse From Chelsea Fans

On Thursday the 20th of September, 2012, Chelsea‘s Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi was racially abused on twitter for costing Chelsea their highly needed victory in the Champions League opening match against Juventus that took place on the 19th of September, 2012.

The match ended up a tie (2-2).

Some Chelsea fans immediately took to twitter to blame Mikel for giving the ball away 10 min. before time.

At first Mikel Obi apologized to his fans for his mistake after the match.

Here is what Obi said:

‘If I want to make up an excuse, I can,’ he said. ‘But, for me, I gave the ball away. I put my hands up, we move on. I’m sorry about the mistake, but there are no excuses.’

This racial abuse however forced him to close down his twitter account (Mikel12Official).

However, Chelsea Football Club was not silent about this, here is their official statement:

“We’ve been made aware of racist tweets targeted at
Mikel which are totally unacceptable, disgusting and abhorrent. We’ve informed the police and support taking the strongest possible action.”