Iago Aspas and Jefferson Lerma fight for a ball on Sunday. MADRID -- Levante midfielder Jefferson Lerma has accused Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas of using a racist slur to insult him during a La Liga match on Sunday. Lerma tells GOL television that "these acts of racism can't happen." Aspas, who is a Spain international, denies racially abusing Lerma. Aspas tells Celta's website that "what is said on the pitch, stays on the pitch, so I won't repeat what he said to me.