La Liga denounces insults against Vinicius Junior at Mestalla and newspaper attacks

After returning to Mestalla Stadium nine months after suffering racism, the Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior was called 'stupid' by the fans Valenceas pointed out by the La Liga. The competition sent Royal Spanish Football Federation the document with incidents in the last round of the Spanish Championshipin which the insults directed at the star of the Real Madridwithout mentioning any racist insult.

According to the report, Vinicius was the target of Los Murciélagos fans on at least three different occasions during the clash last Saturday, 2. The first was in the eighth minute, when the fans sang “Vinicius, what a fool you are” and “Vinicius, who You are bad”. After that, they shouted “Tonto, tonto”, repeating “Vinicius, how stupid you are” two more times, at 23 minutes of the first half and at five minutes of the second half.

Vinicius Junior was responsible for scoring two goals that avoided Real Madrid's defeat to Valencia, drawing attention during the celebration of the first goal, when he raised his arm, with a closed fist, in an anti-racist gesture. After the game, a Brazilian fan reported hearing the striker being called a monkey by fans, including a child.

Days later, the newspaper “Superdeporte”, the main sports daily in Valencia, decided to target the Brazilian again. Printing the star on its cover, the publication brought the headline “Vinicius agrees with Mestalla”with a photo of the move that earned him a yellow card against RB Leipzig this last Wednesday, 6th, by Champions Leaguewhere he pushed Orbán. “The madridista once again showed his unsportsmanlike attitude just four days after attacking Sergi Canós and Baraja’s assistant”said the newspaper, which has already called the player “Pinocchio”.

ESPN had access to a video in which a child calls Vinicius Júnior a monkey. The adults with the minor try to prevent the recording, made by a Brazilian woman in the Mestalla stands. I spoke with Anna Anjos, author of the video, resident in Barcelona, ​​who traveled to Valencia… pic.twitter.com/XmJFatFPGx

— Gustavo Hofman (@gustavohofman) March 3, 2024

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