- Spartak Moscow tweeted the video from their official account on Saturday
- The video shows three Spartak players performing stretches in the sunshine
- Spartak’s video tweet was captioned: ‘See how the chocolate melts in the sun’
- The tweet was condemned on Twitter with users calling the video a disgrace
Spartak Moscow have been accused of racism after posting a video of three black players stretching during a warm-weather training session with the caption ‘see how the chocolate melts in the sun’.
The tweet came from the club’s official account and shows Spartak trio Luiz Adriano, Pedro Rocha and Fernando stretching in the United Arab Emirates sunshine.
The video’s caption ‘see how the chocolate melts in the sun’ was accompanied by a series of smiley face, sunshine and chocolate bar emojis.
The video from Spartak Moscow was captioned: ‘see how the chocolate melts in the sun’
Spartak were instantly condemned on Twitter after posting the video with social media users calling the video a ‘disgrace’ and accusing the club of racism.
The club tweeted on Friday to announce that Spartak player Georgi Dzhikiya would be taking over the official account though it is unknown whether it was the defender who wrote the video’s caption.
It is the second time in three months that Spartak have been embroiled in a racism scandal after Liverpool youngster Rhian Brewster accused one of the Russian side’s youth players of racially abusing him during a UEFA Youth League match.