FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League - RB Salzburg Press Conference - Orange Velodrome, Marseille, France - April 25, 2018 RB Salzburg's Diadie Samassekou during the press conference REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo
(Reuters) - Hoffenheim midfielder Diadie Samassekou has welcomed the Bundesliga's solidarity with players protesting the death of George Floyd, but does not believe matches should be abandoned when fans hurl racist abuse.
Players from a number of Bundesliga teams went down on one knee ahead of their games at the weekend in tribute to Floyd, an unarmed black man whose death in U.S. police custody has triggered protests around the world.
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