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"I will submit to all the questions you ask me." Open in channel. This is how Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, showed himself in his first public appearance after all the global controversy created as a result of the racist insults suffered by Vinicius Júnior in Mestalla last Sunday. The LaLiga headquarters brought together more than 50 national and international media, many of them from Brazil, and almost 100 joined through online transmission.

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The Bernabéu supports Vinicius and Rodrygo joins the 'Black Power': "They are all very affected"

  • Writing: ABRAHAM P. ROMERO Madrid

The Bernabéu supports Vinicius and Rodrygo joins the 'Black Power': "They are all very affected"

Tebas, who on Monday rushed to answer Vinicius through his social networks, wanted to start with a small personal reflection before being questioned by the media, summarizing his relationship with the Brazilian since he arrived in Spain, remembering that "when they asked me who could replace Messi as a figure of the League, I said definitely Vinicius." "That was surprising, but I've always highlighted it. It will be Ballon d'Or. He is a very important asset for his club and for Spanish football."

Afterwards, the president of LaLiga went ahead to remember everything his organization has done to try to stop racist insults in Spanish football. "We have a very important history fighting against racism and against any serious cry that is made in the stadiums. Before in the stadiums racist and homophobic shouts were sung, I remember Roberto Carlos, complete stadiums, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, shouts of "Messi subnormal", and we insisted from LaLiga that that had to disappear, and so it was. "

Thebes also remembered the "personal cost" that these decisions had caused him: "Some presidents said that we intended the stadiums to be an opera. We won that battle and not without personal cost, because I had to take an escort, they harassed me in my house, but we did it."

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