The president of Brazil expressed his solidarity and repudiated the racist insults that the Real Madrid player, Vinicius Junior, received during the duel against Valencia, even refusing to play.
The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has condemned the racist insults directed at Real Madrid striker Vinicius Junior during the match against Valencia and has called on the authorities to act.
“I want to make a gesture of solidarity with Vinicius, a young man who is undoubtedly the best player at Real Madrid, and who suffers repeated attacks. I hope that FIFA and other entities take measures to prevent racism from taking over football,” Lula said on Sunday in a message on the social network. twitter.
I would like to make a gesture of solidarity with the @vinijr, a young man who is undoubtedly the best player at Real Madrid, and who suffers repeated attacks. I hope that FIFA and others take action to prevent racism from taking over football.
– Lula (@LulaOficial) May 21, 2023
Vinicius He criticized LaLiga and Spanish football fans for “normal racism” in the competition, after racist insults marked the duel against Valencia Clube de Futebol Mestalla, with the Brazilian player refusing to play in the match, in which Real Madrid lost 1-0.
“It was not the first time, nor the second, nor the third. Racism is normal in LaLiga. The competition believes that it is normal, the Federation believes that it is normal and the opponents encourage it. I regret it. The championship that used to belong to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi now belongs to the racists.” he wrote the footballer on Twitter.
It was not the first time, nor the second, nor the third. Racism is normal in LaLiga. The competition believes that it is normal, the Federation also and the opponents encourage it. I’m sorry. The championship that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi today belongs to racists. A nation…
—Vini Jr. (@vinijr) May 21, 2023
“A beautiful nation, which welcomed me and the one I love, but which agreed to export the image of a racist country to the world. I feel sorry for the Spaniards who disagree, but today, in Brazil, Spain is known as a country of racists,” she added.
The president of the association, Javier Tebas, reacted and asked the footballer to don’t let yourself be “manipulated”: “Before criticizing and insulting LaLiga, you have to inform yourself well, Vinicius (…) Don’t let yourself be manipulated and make sure you understand each other’s abilities and the work we’ve done together.”
Vinicius continued the exchange of messages on social networks, responding to the message from Thebes, who asked for “action and punishment”. “Once again, instead of criticizing racists, the president of LaLiga appears on social networks to attack me. No matter how much they talk and pretend they don’t read, the image of your championship shakes”, said the player.
For his part, the Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, said “be sad” with the “racist reaction” of the Valencia fans towards the visitor Vinicius, a “very serious and unacceptable problem” in Spanish football, for which he called for forceful measures.
“I spoke to him during the game, the atmosphere was very hot, very bad and I asked him if I could continue. The fact that I think I have to push him away because the environment is racist doesn’t seem right to me. What happened to me today has never happened to me before. It is unacceptable. The Spanish League has a problem, it’s not Vinicius, it’s the victim of a very serious problem.”
TO LaLiga requested all available images to open an investigation, indicating that “once the investigation is concluded, in the event that a hate crime is detected, LaLiga will take the appropriate legal measures.”
Source: Observadora
