The Brazilian Vinicius Junior, the Real Madrid striker, responded sharply to the racist insults directed at him during his team's match with Valladolid - yesterday, Friday - in the Spanish League "La Liga", and also attacked the Spanish League, hinting at its negativity in dealing with racism. .
Brazilian Vinicius Junior was subjected to racist insults from Valladolid fans, during the 15th round match of the League, in which Real Madrid achieved a new victory (2-0), thanks to the saves of his Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and the two goals of his French striker Karim Benzema, to keep the top of the standings equally with his rival. Barcelona.
They are very racist in their institutions and assist in the club's main role in many countries such as @LaLiga, which has been very successful since …
Seguirei de cabeça erguida e comemorando as minhas vitórias e do Madrid.
No final a culpa é minha.
🤙🏿 pic.twitter.com/5ztuTjP4s6
— Vinnie Jr.
(@vinijr) December 31, 2022
Vinicius said - in a tweet on his Twitter account - "The racists continue to go to the stadiums to watch the best club in the world, while the League continues without doing anything, I will continue with my head held high and flying high, celebrating my victories and the victories of Real Madrid, in the end this My fault".
The match witnessed the brilliance of Junior Vinicius, who left the field in the 87th minute to replace Croatian Luka Modric, but his exit coincided with racist chants from some Valladolid fans, which is the second time that Junior has been subjected to racist insults and expressions of hate this season, after he was targeted. Atletico Madrid fans last September during a match that brought together the two teams in the capital, Madrid.
Junior (center) with his colleague Karim Benzema in a discussion with the referee of the Valladolid and Real Madrid match (Getty Images)
During the 87th minute of the match hosted by the Jose Zorrilla stadium in Valladolid, the result indicated that Real Madrid advanced by a goal, when Carlo Ancelotti decided to replace Vinicius Junior, but when the Brazilian player was heading towards the Real Madrid substitutes' seats, insults and offensive chants began to emanate from the stands. While some of them were racist.
Faced with that situation, Vinnie responded to the fans in the stands of Valladolid with special gestures, before some projectiles rained down on him.
estoy llorando con Vinicius pic.twitter.com/T4u3btoqvQ
- gam (@mbafraudee) December 30, 2022
And last September, the Spanish Football League condemned hate speech, after Atletico Madrid fans directed racist abuse at Real Madrid striker Vinicius Junior outside the Metropolitano stadium before the two teams match.
"Hate speech has no place in La Liga, and we are working with clubs and authorities to identify any such case and bring it to justice," a league spokesperson said - in a statement published after the incident.