European or Spanish football was jolted last Sunday when Real Madrid traveled to the Mestalla stadium for a league clash against Valencia. The 14-time European champions did not have the best of starts to the game and suffered their 2nd consecutive loss in all competitions.
Last Thursday at the Etihad Stadium, the Los Blancos’ hopes of reaching closer to their 15th UCL trophy were dashed by a 4-0 loss to Manchester City. And last Sunday they succumbed to a 1-0 loss with Diego Lopez scoring in the 33rd minute but what followed in the 2nd-half was quite controversial.
The Brazilian Govt statement on Vini jr racial abuse
“We refuse yet another racist assault against Viní Jr. We’ll notify Spanish authorities & La Liga. Brazil Govt'll NOT tolerate racism neither here nor outside. We’ll work so every black athlete can play without experiencing dis pic.twitter.com/WBArnUlCCW— Best Choice Sports (@BCSports5) May 22, 2023
As Vinicius Jr described in his own words, “Racism is normal in Spain”, Valencia fans depicted why. Towards the 70th minute of the game while Real Madrid were searching for an equalizer, the game was stopped for well more than 8 minutes as Vini Jr was thrown Racist slurs by Valencia ultras.
Vinicius Jr got racially abused, fouled, choked by the opposition & ended up being the ONLY one sent off…
Anyone trying to put ‘context’ into the racism Vini Jr. received is a disgrace.
NOTHING JUSTIFIES RACISM 🤬
You will always have our support ❤️#ViniciusJr #NoToRacism pic.twitter.com/glO9eIEnRC— Tee 🔴 (@Tee025s) May 22, 2023
The fans continuously chanted Monkey to the Pacey Brazilian winger and he wanted the referee’s attention on this matter. Vincius Jr went on to confront with Valencia fans and he kept pointing towards the fan who made a Racial verbal abuse thorough gestures as well.
All the players accumulated towards the Valencia goal post before Carlo Ancelotti had a word with Vinicius Jr asking to leave the match immediately.
Is LaLiga sponsoring racists?
The opponent str@ngled Vinicius Jr for this long but Vini was given the red card for self defense 😡. pic.twitter.com/geHq5cy8gU
— Captainjosy (@Captainjossy) May 23, 2023
“I don’t want to talk about football today, there is no meaning in talking about football today. I told the referee he should have stopped the match. It’s the entire stadium that is insulting a player with racist chants and the match has to stop. I would say the same if we were winning 3-0; there is no other way.” – Carlo Ancelotti said after the match.
But it was not done there. This time the players got into a massive brawl with Valencia’s goalkeeper trying to attack Vinicuis Jr for some reason. As the other players tried to break off the fight, a defender from the hosts applied a WWE submission move around Vini Jr’s neck.
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Then after thorough checking, the referee gave Vinicius his marching orders as he was shown a straight red. It raised major controversy against the Spanish football authority for tolerating Racism on a consistent basis. The Brazilian after the match posted a Video of the racist event at Mestalla stadium and wrote against La Liga.
