Should Carrick Start Benjamin Sesko? | Racist abuse shows football hasn’t evolved
2/23/202644 min
Rio is joined by Joel Beya and Ste Howson to look at the weekend’s action both on and off the pitch whilst also looking at Michael Carrick’s selection dilemmas ahead of Manchester United v Everton on Monday Night Football.
After Declan Rice’s comments about how the dressing room has evolved so that players are more responsible for upholding standards and discipline - Rio looks at how Mikel Arteta’s side responded to being pegged back by Tottenham and why Rice’s on-pitch apology is a good sign.
4 Premier League players were racially abused over the weekend and following Vinicius Jr’s allegation of racism in the game against Benfica, Rio praises Vincent Kompany for the way he responded to a question about how football deals with incidents of discrimination.
There’s a debate about whether Bernardo Silva is world class, why Salah might be “embarrassed” about recent performances as the Egyptian endures his longest Premier League goal drought and why Rio’s namesake at Liverpool is “electrifying”
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
Disfruta más formas de ahorrar en Fred Meyer como precios bajos en todo pasillo. Descarga la app de Fred Meyer, elige tus cupones digitales semanales y ahorra aún más. Además, ganas puntos en combustible para ahorrar hasta un dólar por galón. En Fred Meyer encuentras más formas de ahorrar y más recompensas en cada compra. Ahorrar en grande a diario es fácil con ahorros y recompensas. Fred Meyer, fresh para todos. Los ahorros pueden variar por estado. Aplican restricciones de combustible. Ve los detalles en el sitio [música suave] The one thing that company said, which I cannot-- which was the best thing, one of the best things he said in that, in that, uh, press conference.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:38
He says: "Why would a Black man- Mm. ... run and cause a situation about race and bring more stress on his shoulders?"
Joel Beya· Panelist0:46
Yeah.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:47
Like, people don't know, like, what is the impact this has on a, on a Black guy when you get racially abused. What-- there, there ain't no Black man looking for this. There ain't no Black man looking for racial abuse to, to, to hype himself up. This only brings stress. This only brings tiredness. This only brings... Like, it's draining to even sit and talk about this stupidness anymore. [upbeat music] Yes, guys, welcome back to another episode of Rio Presents, brought to you by Crafted. And listen, we're here with Steve House and, and Joel Bayer, my guests as usual. And you know what, guys? We're gonna have to drop an episode tomorrow after the Everton game, aren't we? We've gotta drop another episode tomorrow because a big game, Monday Night Football. We cannot be sitting here and not digging into that because