2023-05-24 20:31:35
The tribute was up to the astonishment caused by yet another racist episode in Spain. This Wednesday, Vinicius was the big absentee from the Real Madrid-Rayo Vallecano match. Officially injured in the knee, and remained on the edge of the lawn, the 22-year-old Brazilian player was on everyone’s mind.
Starting with his teammates, who are trained on the pitch with a flocked shirt of the number 20 and Vini Jr. A strong image to show how all Real Madrid players were united as one man around their teammate , victim Sunday in Valencia of racist insults.
A few moments later, together with the players of Rayo Vallecano, they then carried an institutional red banner with the following inscription: “Racists outside football”.
On the fan side, the people of Madrid posted unequivocal messages of support: “We are all Vinicius, that’s enough! The latter also paid tribute to the Brazilian player in the 20th minute by applauding him forcefully.
On the same institutional side, Javier Tebas, the powerful president of La Liga, also apologized. “Here’s what I always tell my communications team: when a lot of people get the message a certain way, they’re right,” he said. So I must repent. I think the message and the intention that I had, a significant part of the people, especially in Brazil, did not understand. I didn’t mean to attack Vinicius, but if most people understood it that way, I have to apologize. It was not my intention, I expressed myself badly, at the wrong time…”
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