2023-10-05 23:53:13
The Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior has assured this Thursday in the Court of Instruction number 10 of Valencia that he felt “offended” by the insults he received at the Mestalla stadium on May 21, during the LaLiga Santander match that faced the Real Madrid with Valencia CF. Vinícius has testified by videoconference in the Investigative Court number 5 of Valencia, a body that is investigating three young people for alleged racist insults to the Madrid judge.
Vinícus’ statement should have occurred last June but had to be postponed because the player was traveling outside of Spain. A new appearance was set for September 28, but it also had to be postponed until today. Furthermore, he has insisted – always according to sources familiar with his statement – that the insults were generalized by fans throughout the stadium. Asked by the defense lawyers about the “Second” gestures he made during the match against Valencia CF, sources in the case explained to EFE that the Real Madrid footballer has admitted them and has framed them in his character as a footballer who You may feel extra motivation in a hostile or tense environment.
Valencia did not like his statement. “Given the information published regarding the alleged statement given in court by the footballer Vinícius Jr stating that the entire Mestalla stadium hurled racist insults at him in the match between Valencia CF and Real Madrid CF last season, the club wishes to express its surprise, rejection and indignation,” Valencia lamented in a statement.
In this sense, the Valencia team stressed that, as the Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, “publicly recalled,” “in no case can the behavior be generalized to the entire Mestalla stadium.”
“The club is fully aware of the seriousness of this matter. Racism has no place in football or in society, but it cannot be fought with fallacies or unfounded lies. This issue requires the involvement of everyone and “Valencia CF understands that we must be scrupulously precise and responsible in this type of demonstration,” the ‘Che’ team warned.
For this reason, Valencia made it clear that “the Valencian fans cannot be classified as racist.” “Valencia CF demands that Vinícius Jr publicly rectify his alleged statement this Thursday,” he stated.
The worst, anyway, is the Friday cover of the Valencian newspaper Súperdeporte, against Vinicius.
In the opinion of the lawyer Manuel Izquierdo, who defends one of the three young people between 18 and 21 years old who have been accused of a hate crime, “Vinicius has had a somewhat arrogant attitude. Our impression is that he has recognized that the provocation It is inherent to football, he has recognized that he feels like a better player when people whistle at him and he has recognized in a quite implicit way that that day he provoked the Mestalla stands.
“Our impression is that the League intends to universalize a very serious problem such as racism in e
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