The man caught on video being abused by Chelsea fans on the Paris Metro says he thinks they should be jailed for their actions.
The 33-year-old, who is only identified as Souleymane S, told Le Parisien newspaper it was not the first time he had been a victim of racism.
The French-Mauritanian was filmed being pushed back as he tried to board a train on the French capital's underground system by a group of Chelsea fans.
Having prevented him from boarding, the men began singing: "We're racist, we're racist, and that's the way we like it."
Chelsea Football Club, whose fans were in France to watch their team play Paris St Germain, condemned the behaviour and said it will support criminal action against them.
Le Parisien said Souleymane did not know he was at the centre of an international scandal until it alerted him to the video.
He told the paper: "I did not know I had been filmed. The fact that I am now talking about it will give me the courage to complain to the police.
"These people, these English fans, must be found, punished and must be locked up. What happened should not go unpunished."
The married father-of-three, who was born in Paris but grew up in the town of Val d'Oise, told the newspaper the whole incident lasted about six or seven minutes.
He said: "I wanted to get into the carriage but a group of English fans blocked me and pushed me away.
"I understood that it was Chelsea fans and I made the connection with the PSG match. I understand also that they were attacking me because of the colour of my skin.
"You know, I live with racism. I was not really surprised by what happened to me even though it was the first time it had happened on the subway."
At one point, staff from the train company tried to intervene to prevent any fighting, but he said they were more concerned with making sure the trains ran on time.
"I took the next metro and went back home without telling anyone, not even my wife or kids," he added. "What would I have told my kids? That daddy was pushed in the Metro because he's black?"
One of the men on the train in the video has now been identified as finance worker Josh Parsons, 21.
He is seen as the camera pans round and shows him standing among other fans on the train. However, he is not seen chanting and it is not clear whether he was involved.
His employer, Miranda Khadr, of Business and Commercial Finance Club in Mayfair, said: "At this stage we are in a situation where this is very much Josh and his personal matters.
"Should he be charged we will be looking at taking action."
Ms Khadr told reporters that he was "very scared" and his aunt, Louise, told the Evening Standard: "He is a lovely boy and has never been in any trouble. He is a lifelong Chelsea fan and that has never been a problem."
The person who shot the video has warned against leaping to conclusions about some of those seen in it.
Paris-based Briton Paul Nolan said: "Like anyone else, I was shocked, embarrassed and felt outraged at how the man was treated.
"Souleymane S ... says he feels more confident about filing a police complaint as a result of the video. Of that, I'm happy.
"On the other hand, I'm concerned about this becoming a witch hunt for those Chelsea fans seen in the video. A couple are very young and most probably very impressionable. For the older ones, they'll clearly never learn."
Police in France said no arrests were made in relation to the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
Since the video appeared on websites on Wednesday, the behaviour of the fans has been widely condemned across the French and English media, and by FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
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