![]() ![]() She said that after the match finished, Maya and her teammates went to shake hands with the opposite team players but the coach refused. “Racism is uncalled for in this day and age, especially in football, when there should be a level of sportsmanship.” “It is disgusting to hear such comments coming from parents, bullying her because of her skin colour,” Bonnici told Times of Malta. Raiders Għargħur FC secretary Vanessa Bonnici was present during the game and heard the abuse. Quotes from parents of today’s opposition,” she said. “This is the reality of being an athlete in Malta. In a Facebook post, Lucia shared the racist slurs she heard from parents of the opposite team, Mosta Women’s team. "The Malta FA unequivocally condemns any form of racist behaviour and reiterates that racism and discrimination have no place in football.” “The Malta FA is in the process of gathering more information from the clubs involved and other relevant parties while the alleged incident has been reported to the police," it said. The MFA expressed solidarity with the player and said the abuse at the Marsascala grounds was being investigated. The footballer, who plays for the Maltese national team, said a spectator also said: "f*** your father, that black man". Maya Lucia was playing a Women's Under-19 league match for Raiders Għargħur on Sunday when parents of players from the opposing side, Mosta, are alleged to have shouted insults at her.īoth the midfielder and a witness said she was told: “If your black father is here tell him I want to speak to him” ( Jekk hawn missierek l-iswed għidli ħa nkellmu)." For now, I'll be listening to "luuverboy" on repeat as I, too, long for the end of the pandemic and am excited to see whatever the future has in store.A police report has been filed after a 16-year-old football captain faced racial abuse on the pitch. Lucia plans to release two more singles soon and a full EP in the coming months. And I think this song has a really great summertime feel to it," she says. "It's very timely because all anyone wants to do is think about what life will be like without COVID. Now, she says the song has evolved into a sort of summer anthem for 2021, representing a widespread desire to return to normalcy after the pandemic. When it was originally written, it symbolized romantic longing. Lucia also says that the meaning of "luuverboy" has changed. "James told me I should listen to the production and the undertones of (Phoebe Bridgers') 'Garden Song,' because if you break that song down, it's really simple. For starters, after hearing Pheobe Bridgers' critically-acclaimed 2020 album Punisher, she and bassist Duncan, who also produced the band, were inspired to bolster the song into a floaty, surf rock-inspired track. Lucia says "luuverboy" was written before the pandemic and that it has evolved a lot over the past year. In the song, the Minneapolis native, who now splits her time between Los Angeles and Boston, pulls from coastal DIY sounds and artists like Phoebe Bridgers to create her own unique sound. Musician Maya Lucia and her band-bassist James Duncan, guitarist Misha Bondarenko, and drummer Samuel Stroup-released their dreamy single, "luuverboy," on Thursday. ![]()
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