The Spanish League is using a “lip reading” expert to identify racist abuse

The Spanish Football League said it had not found any evidence that Juan Cala, the Cadiz player, had racially insulted Mokhtar Diacabé, a Valencia player, during the match between the two teams last Sunday.

The association said it had reviewed the audio and video recordings of the match and had hired a “lip reading” expert to investigate the accusations made by DiCapi against Kalla.

Diakabe was angry, believing that Kala had used offensive language against him by looking at the color of his skin during an altercation between them in the 28th minute of the match, which was interrupted for 25 minutes and ended with Kadesh winning 2-1.

All the while, Kala maintained his innocence and not offending the opposing player. According to “Reuters”.

Cadiz player Juan Cala hosts extraordinary press conference denying he called Valencia's Mouctar Diakhaby a 's****y black', threatening to sue and claiming he's being 'publicly lynched' https://t.co/YcvKHJgbY6

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The league said in a statement, “After analyzing the elements available to the league, it can come to a conclusion that proves that there is no evidence that Juan Kala used offensive language against Mukhtar DiCapi.”

La Liga finds no evidence Juan Cala racially abused Mouctar Diakhaby https://t.co/ZuKUjJMm3w pic.twitter.com/EwccMaAKfj

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The League confirmed that it made these materials and reports available to the two clubs and to all parties concerned with the matter to benefit from them in dealing with such incidents in the future.

Investigations by the Spanish Football Association into the incident are continuing.