Chelsea Players Lead the Struggle Against Racism
After the European Super Cup final against Liverpool in Istanbul, Turkey, Abraham for the first time became a victim of racism-related harassment through social media, Twitter. At that time, the 21-year-old star had just failed to become the executor of the penalty for the Blues, until finally Frank Lampard's squad was defeated and the Reds became the club that raised the trophy.
In the dressing room, after that, Abraham found himself the butt of social media users, who mocked him after the failure. Mirror revealed, one of the worst tweets reads, "F ****** n *****", which has a video about the Ku Klux Klan lynching (the most extreme racist group in the United States).
"I remember, after he told my mother about this, he was very emotional. She cried. Mother just thought, ‘Why my child? Why my child? ' Obviously not fun, seeing your son being harassed
I always have a strong character. Things like that won't affect me too much. But it can affect people who don't have personalities like me, "added the Chelsea player who was born in Camberwell, south London.
Now, Abraham is opening up to racist abuse and says social media like Twitter must do more to anticipate it. "I'm always confident. I always believe in my ability, always believe that I can score goals, "said Abraham, who had loaned the Blues to a number of clubs.
Two Premier League goals in the last two games played by the Blues seem to justify Frank Lampard's total confidence in Abraham's ability, especially after he scored 26 goals to lead Aston Villa to be promoted last season.
As he celebrated his first goal in England's top competition in the match against Norwich City, 21-year-old Abraham showed his happiness by running to the sidelines to embrace the coach.
"He always believes in me. He believes in young players like me, especially me. I looked up (thanked God), saw the coach happy and applauded, then I was moved to run to him and share my happiness with him, "said the Nigerian-born Abraham.
"All the players have failed penalty, but to miss a penalty (in the Super Cup), my feeling is of course very broken. "I got a lot of blasphemy and harassment after that, but Frank Lampard always held my arm, he boosted my mentality," said the Chelsea player who had also been loaned to Bristol and Swansea City against Racism
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