• Getafe player says he did not use word meaning ‘monkey’• Spaniard claims he said ‘shut your mouth’ to Brazilian defenderThe Getafe midfielder Marc Cucurella has denied using racist language towards Real Madrid’s Éder Militão during Saturday’s 3-0 defeat by Zinedine Zidane’s side in La Liga.
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Cucurella released a statement on
Twitter in response to reports he had used the word “mico”, Spanish for “monkey”, during an altercation with the Brazilian defender, saying he had used the word “pico”, which is Spanish slang for “mouth”.