Sports writing (EFE).- Real Madrid returned to training in their sports city in the middle of a storm unleashed by the racist insults received by Vinícius Junior in Mestalla and the expulsion received by the Brazilian that will prevent him from playing against Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday, party that already prepares a squad that transferred all its support.
Tired of everything that surrounds Vinícius and the climate that is generated outside the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in the Real Madrid matches in LaLiga, according to EFE sources from the club, the Real Madrid players show solidarity with their teammate and in the last hours he They have transferred all their support.
Infantino expresses his solidarity with Vinicius
The president of FIFA, the Swiss Gianni Infantino, has also shown his solidarity with the Brazilian. And he has not been the only one.
“All our solidarity with Vinicius. There is no place for racism in football or in society, and FIFA supports all the players and all the players who have suffered it in their own flesh”, says the top leader of world football in a message published on his social networks .
“The events that occurred during the match between Valencia and Real Madrid show how crucial this fight is,” Infantino points out in his message, in which he recalls that for this “there is a three-step process in FIFA competitions and recommends that it be used at all levels of football.”
“First, the game is stopped and announced. Second, the players leave the field of play and the announcer says that if the attacks continue, the game will be abandoned. The match resumes and, thirdly, if the attacks continue, the match will stop and the three points will go to the opponent. These are the rules that should apply in all countries and in all leagues”, he explains.
Ronaldo Nazario: “Vini, count on me in your fight. It’s our fight.”
The Brazilian Ronaldo Nazario, former striker for the Brazilian team and for teams such as Barcelona, Inter or Real Madrid and current president and owner of Valladolid, sent a message of encouragement to his compatriot.
“Vini, count on me in your fight. In our fight, ”Ronaldo assures in a message posted on his networks about a photo of the current Real Madrid winger.
The AFE and the Movement against Intolerance denounce the insults before the Prosecutor’s Office
The Association of Spanish Soccer Players (AFE) and the Movement Against Intolerance have filed a complaint with the area of hate crimes and discrimination of the State Attorney General’s Office after the racist insults uttered in Mestalla.
According to a joint statement, the two organizations “completely reject the inadmissible behavior of some fans” and understand that “action must be taken now, and forcefully, in the face of events so serious that, unfortunately, they are not isolated.”
Carlo Ancelotti, the Real Madrid coach, qualified his harsh press conference in a subsequent message in which he assured that it had been “a sad day at Mestalla, where a group of fans” had “shown their worst version” and that it was “time to stop speaking and acting forcefully” because “racism cannot have a place in football or in society”, and Vinicius’s teammates unequivocally closed ranks towards the Brazilian. Even the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois assured that if the winger had wanted to retire from the field, he would have gone with him.
Valencia, in turn, announced last night that it had located two supporters suspected of having uttered racist insults against the Real Madrid winger after viewing the images from the security cameras and confirmed its intention to go “to the end” against these fans.
