Abraham P. Romero Madrid

Madrid

Updated Friday, March 15, 2024-14:57

Real

Madrid

has filed a

complaint with the State Attorney General's Office against crimes of hate and discrimination

, due to the racist and hateful insults to

Vinicius Júnior

in the vicinity of the

Montjuic Olympic

stadium and the

Cívitas Metropolitano

stadium this week.

The white team thus responds to complaints that were first initiated by the player himself, issuing a statement on his social networks and requesting action from UEFA, and then followed by his agency and the Brazilian Football Federation.

Vinicius and Madrid denounce that

before the Champions League round of 16 matches

between Barcelona and Naples and between Atlético de Madrid and Inter Milan, racist insults towards the Brazilian were heard in the surroundings of both stadiums.

Specifically, at the doors of the Metropolitan some fans sang "

Vinicius, chimpanzee

" and in Montjuic "

Vinicius, die

".

The footballer's anger is not new, nor are the insults.

He already received racist insults in the last Montjuic classic and in the games he has played at the Atlético stadium, but on this occasion the situation arises that Vinicius was not even a rival of the local teams that night.

"Real Madrid asks the Prosecutor's Office to ask the security forces for the

existing recordings

in both locations in order to identify the authors of said racist and hate insults," says the white team's statement, which "

condemns these violent attacks." of racism

, discrimination and hatred that have been occurring, unfortunately repeatedly, against our player Vinicius Junior".

Furthermore, he adds: "

Our club will continue working to defend the values ​​of football

and sport, and will remain firm in its fight for zero tolerance in the face of such disgusting episodes as those that continue to occur in recent times."

Vinicius, who cannot believe the level of racist insults he has been receiving for months, demanded sanctions from UEFA.

"

I hope you have already thought about his punishment

. It is a sad reality that happens even in games where I am not present," he wrote on his networks, citing UEFA.

The president of the Brazilian Federation,

Ednaldo Rodrigues

, showed his support for the footballer: "

Vinícius, keep scoring goals

, dribbling your rivals and confronting racists. Brazilian football is at your side."

Michael Yonmark

, president of Roc Nation Sports International, Vinicius' agency, criticized that "he was not even a participant in that match. It is the latest in a series of unpleasant incidents that

fill Spanish football with shame

. We cannot accept this in any way." way. We ask UEFA, Atlético de Madrid and the Spanish authorities not to tolerate racism and to act now."

In the Metropolitano it is not the first time that racist insults have been made against Vinicius.

On

September 18, 2022

, in the preview of a League match, a large group of Atlético fans sang "

Vinicius, you are a monkey

."

A song that the Prosecutor's Office declined to punish by alleging a context of "maximum rivalry."

In the last derby at the Metropolitano, the shout was repeated at the entrance to the stadium.