Real Madrid’s Brazilian striker Vinicius has once again denounced the racist incidents in Spanish stadiums and the inaction of LaLiga, the body that manages professional football in Spain, which “continues to do nothing”, he said. -he wrote on his Instagram account on Saturday.
“The racists keep going to the stadiums and seeing the best club in the world play up close, and LaLiga keep doing nothing (…) I will keep my head up and celebrate my victories and those of Real Madrid. On arrival, (anyway) it’s my fault ”, regretted the Brazilian international in a story posted on his Instagram account.
In various videos posted on social networks and collected by Spanish media, the public at the José-Zorrila stadium in Valladolid can be heard shouting racist insults and shouting monkeys on Friday during the match Real Madrid won 2-0 in the part of the 15th day of La Liga.
“Regarding the events that occurred yesterday (Friday, editor’s note), LaLiga continues to investigate and has detected in videos posted on social networks racist insults from a few people (not groups), which will be the subject of complaints, as in previous cases,” a LaLiga spokesperson told AFP on Saturday.
At the beginning of December, the Spanish justice dismissed an investigation into racist songs sung by certain Atlético Madrid supporters in September against Vinicius.
Even if the songs were “unpleasant, inappropriate and disrespectful”, they were uttered in the context of “a football match of maximum rivalry, accompanied by other derogatory or mocking allusions”, had justified in a press release the parquet floor of Madrid.
“The songs were not repeated more than twice and (…) lasted a few seconds,” added the prosecution. The authors of the songs had also “could not be identified”, according to the prosecution.
Five days earlier, supporters had chanted “You are a monkey, Vinicius, you are a monkey” before and during the derby between Atlético and Real Madrid (2-1). Projectiles, including lighters, were also thrown at the player and fellow Brazilian Rodrygo.