Sampdoria defender Maya Yoshida left a post-match interview to confront a group of Saudi Arabia fans who had allegedly discriminated against him.
There were tense scenes after Japan’s 1-0 defeat against Saudi Arabia in Jeddah last night.
Yoshida, a Sampdoria defender, left a post-match interview to come face to face with a group of Saudi Arabia fans.
A video that has gone viral on social media shows an upset Yoshida walk through a group of fans while others were laughing at him.
“There have been discriminatory gestures throughout the game,” Yoshida explained after the match.
“It’s hard to accept. It also happened in the last qualifying matches. It’s a disappointment”.