London, June 3 -- : Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta on Tuesday called for the eradication of racism from society as he, along with his teammates, showed support for the 'Black Lives Matter' movement ahead of their training session.

"It is something where we want to use our position to express that we are living in a world where we have to try to improve it for the future, to be a better world with more love, without hate," the club's official website quoted Azpilicueta as saying.

"We have seen recently the result of racism and we see every day that that kind of hate has to be eradicated from society, and we have to play our part," he added.

Chelsea players and coaching staff had formed the letter H, for humans, and knelt to show of sup...