Madrid (EFE) from an amateur,
“Given the incidents that occurred during Valencia CF – Real Madrid CF at the Mestalla Stadium, LaLiga informs that it has requested all available images to investigate what happened. Once the investigation is complete, in the event of detecting a hate crime, LaLiga would proceed to take the appropriate legal actions,” the entity said in a statement.
According to the Spanish football association, they have been pursuing these racist attitudes against Vinícius for some time, for which he has filed a complaint nine times in the last 2 seasons before the RFEF Competition Committee, the State Commission against Violence, Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Sport, the Hate Prosecutor’s Office and the Courts”.
The referee reflects on the record the insult “monkey, monkey” to Vinicius
The latest incidents in which the Brazilian Real Madrid player has been seen started in the 70th minute of the game.
Vinícius Junior pointed out that a fan addressed him with a racist insult, making the monkey gesture.
The match was stopped for eight minutes and, despite the fact that the Brazilian did not want to play again at first, he decided to do so after a conversation with his coach, the Italian Carlo Ancelotti.
The referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Basque Committee) recorded in the match report that “a spectator” yelled at the Brazilian Vinícius Junior “monkey, monkey” and that for this reason he activated the racism protocol, to make the corresponding announcement over the public address system.
In addition, he pointed out that he activated the object launch protocol after “several objects” fell in the same area in the Real Madrid area.
The expulsion of Vinicus
On the other hand, de Burgos Bengoetxea explained the decision to send off Vinícius junior in the seventh minute of the second half after the review by the VAR.
“From Oliveira Do Nascimento, Vinicius José was sent off for the following reason: Hitting an opponent’s face with his arm when the ball was not in play, in a massive confrontation between players from both teams.”
The referee was referring to what happened in the seventh minute of added time, in which Vinícius demanded that Yunus Musah delay the restart of play, by retaining the ball before a corner kick.
Then a row broke out between several players, who were joined by the Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili who turned to the Brazilian to rebuke him.
Hugo Duro grabbed Vinícius by the neck and he, after freeing himself, hit the Valencia forward with his arm in the face; which, after being reviewed in the VAR, ended in the expulsion of Vinícius.
Later, while he was leaving the Mestalla pitch, he repeatedly made a gesture to the Valencia fans that they were going to be relegated to the Second Division; which caused a new altercation.
Acelotti: The Spanish League has a problem
At the end of the game, the Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, was of the opinion that the match should have been stopped due to the racist insults from the entire stadium, not from a single fan, to Vinícius Jr, and declined to talk about regular football at the press conference later.
“I spoke to him during the game, the atmosphere was very hot, very bad, I asked him if he wanted to continue playing because the atmosphere was racist, it doesn’t seem right to me. I have never thought about removing a player for racism. It’s never happened to me, not like that. The Spanish League has a problem, which is not Vinícus, ”he said after the game.
Deck: There are derogatory gestures that hurt”
For his part, the Valencia coach, Rubén Baraja, said that the Valencian club is going to investigate whether there have been insults towards Vinicius Jr., but he also pointed out that it “hurts” them to “make a gesture from Segunda. That is also condemnable.”
“Valencia condemns any racist insult and we are a model fans. If you ask for respect towards the Real Madrid players, you also have to ask for respect towards our fans, because you are encouraging the problem not to be solved. I am convinced that he is a great player, and he will apologize because it has not been adequate and we as a club also apologize if he has felt offended”, said Baraja.
“After what happened in the game, with emotions there are things that can be said that do not conform to reality. Valencia condemns any racist insult and we are a model fans. There were 46,000 people who behaved correctly cheering and pushing. We are a senior club, centenary, our fans are exemplary. Valencianism has always behaved exquisitely ”, he concluded.
