Vinicius Jr., Mr. real Madridcomplained that “The league belongs to the racists“, after racist slogans against him in the match against Valencia.

In the 70th minute of the match, the home team fans began to attack the Brazilian star with racist characteristics, who insistently demanded the removal of one of the perpetrators, threatening to leave the field. However, the 22-year-old remained in the game, but was sent off for violent behavior in the seventh minute of stoppage timeafter an argument with Hugo Duro.

⚠️ Unacceptable! Vinícius Júnior sofre mais um caso de racismo em jogo na Espanha

Real Madrid’s game was abandoned in the 2nd half after part of the Valencia team called the Brazilian striker “macaco”.

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“The championship that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi belongs to the racists today,” he wrote on Instagram.

“It was not the first time, not the second and not the third. Racism is the norm in La Liga. Competition considers this normal, and the Federation and opponents encourage it. A beautiful nation that accepted me and I love it, but that agreed to export the image of a racist country to the world. I feel sorry for the Spaniards who disagree, but today in Brazil Spain is known as a country of racists,” he said.

“And, unfortunately, from everything that happens every week, I have no protection. Agree. However, I am strong and will fight the racists to the end. Even if I do it far from here,” he stressed.

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Ancelotti problem

On the same wavelength and Carlo Ancelotti, who pointed out that “Racism in La Liga‘, after a new case of verbal abuse.

“I’m thinking about getting a player removed because of racism, that’s never happened to me. What happened today has already happened to us, but not in this way. It is unacceptable. There are problems with racism in the Spanish La Liga. And the problem is not Vinicius. Vinicius is a victim. But there is a very serious problem, ”said the Italian coach of Real Madrid.

During the match, the crowd at the Mestalla stadium showered racist insults on the Brazilian Madrid player.

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Ancelotti heard the cry of the field”monkeyin Spanish, but a journalist told him at a press conference that the audience was actually shouting “tonto”, meaning “fool”, an explanation that did not convince the Italian. “Why do you think the referee stopped the match? Because the audience shouted “idiot” to Vinicius? No. Referee stops match for racist protocol“.

Around the 70th minute of the match, Vinicius pointed to a fan, after which the players went to report what was happening to the referee.

“I asked him if he wanted to keep playing and he wanted to continue. The referee told me that he should also continue and that he would apply the protocol if the incident recurred. It happened again because when he sent him off with a red card, everything the stadium started chanting “monkey, monkey”. This cannot go on. I am very sad,” said Ancelotti.

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Reaction from Brazil

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva also took a stand on the issue and incident, which denounced the racism against Vinicius: “He was attacked. They called him a monkey. It is impossible in the middle of the 21st century to have such strong racial prejudice. on so many football fields.”

Brazilian player Richarlison, Ronaldo, “phenomenon” and music icon Gilberto Zil also expressed their solidarity with Vinicius on social media.

In a press release issued after the match, Valencia stated that “publicly condemns any insult, attack or disrespect and regrets what happened which took place on Sunday and is an isolated act. The club is investigating the events and will take the strictest measures.”

“In all the stadiums in Spain, people don’t respect Vinicius,” Dani Tebeguegios said after the match, with Thibault Courtois adding: “If Vini had said I was leaving the field, I would have gone with him. This is something we cannot tolerate.”

Source: BBC/Monkey.