VinĂcius JĂșnior was subjected to racist abuse yet again on Sunday with the Brazil star saying the Spanish league 바카라now belongs to racists.바카라 (More Football News)
The latest abuse against VinĂcius came in Real Madrid바카라s 1-0 loss at Valencia, a match that had to be temporarily stopped after the Brazil forward said he was insulted by a fan behind one of the goals at Mestalla Stadium.
바카라It wasn바카라t the first time, or the second or the third. Racism is normal in LaLiga. The competition thinks it바카라s normal, as does the federation, and the opponents encourage it,바카라 VinĂcius said on Instagram and Twitter. 바카라The league that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano (Ronaldo) and (Lionel) Messi now belongs to racists ... But I바카라m strong and I will fight until the end against the racists. Even if far from here.바카라
The 22-year-old VinĂcius, who is is Black, has been subjected to racist abuse since moving to Spain five years ago.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti considered replacing the star forward after VinĂcius said fans at Mestalla chanted 바카라monkey바카라 toward him. He said VinĂcius initially didn바카라t want to continue playing.
바카라What happened today shouldn바카라t happen,바카라 Ancelotti said. 바카라When a stadium yells 바카라monkey바카라 to a player, and the coach considers taking him out of the field because of that, it means that there is something bad in this league.바카라
The veteran coach refused to talk about the game after what happened, saying his team바카라s loss meant nothing.
바카라The game should have been stopped,바카라 Ancelotti said. 바카라This shouldn바카라t happen. It wasn바카라t only one person, as it has happened in several stadiums. Here, it was a stadium racially insulting a player, the game had to stop. I would have said the same thing if it was 3-0 for us. You have to stop the game, there was no way around it.바카라
Ancelotti said he asked the referee to stop the match, but was told that the protocol was to first make an announcement to fans, then take other action if the problem continued.
Ancelotti said VinĂcius didn바카라t want to keep playing but he told the player that he wasn바카라t guilty of anything and that he was the victim. Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said he would have left the field with Vinicius if his teammate had decided to stop playing.
바카라VinĂcius is upset, obviously, but more than upset, he is sad,바카라 Ancelotti said.
According to Spanish media reports, Valencia has identified two fans who allegedly insulted VinĂcius behind one of the goals.
Some comments on social media claimed fans were saying the Spanish word 바카라tonto바카라 (silly) instead of 바카라mono바카라 (monkey).
Valencia later said it expected Ancelotti to apologize to Valencia fans for accusing them of racism after misunderstanding what was said. The coach told a news conference that the referee wouldn바카라t have started the racism protocol if he didn바카라t think there was racism in the stadium.
VinĂcius was later sent off after an altercation with Valencia players, and gestured to home fans about their team바카라s fight against relegation as he left the field. Valencia took a huge step toward avoiding the drop with the 1-0 victory opening a five-point gap to the bottom three teams entering the final three rounds.
바카라The reward for the racists was my ejection!바카라 VinĂcius said on Instagram, along with the Spanish league바카라s slogan 바카라It바카라s not soccer, it바카라s LaLiga.바카라
VinĂcius had called the referee around the 70th minute and started pointing to a person sitting among the Valencia supporters. The player went near the stands and confronted the fans while players from both teams tried to restore calm.
Police eventually arrived in the stands to deal with the supporters. An announcement was made asking fans to behave.
The match at Mestalla was stopped for about seven minutes, and not long after it resumed VinĂcius clashed with Valencia players and was sent off for pushing one of his opponents away with a hand to his face.
After the decision of his ejection was made following a video review, VinĂcius started applauding ironically. As he was leaving the field, he made a 바카라going down바카라 gesture over relegation. That upset players on the Valencia bench and some charged toward VinĂcius as he left the field, causing the game to be temporarily stopped again.
Valencia coach RubĂ©n Baraja condemned the behavior of Valencia fans, but also criticized VinĂcius, saying he should have respected the club and its supporters.
VinĂcius바카라 teammate Dani Ceballos criticized the fans, but said he also expected VinĂcius to apologize for his gestures after being sent off.
Ancelotti said VinĂcius바카라 reaction was normal considering what he had gone through moments earlier.
The Spanish league said it has requested images from the game to investigate what happened. It will also probe possible insults against VinĂcius outside Mestalla, when a large group of fans also allegedly called the player a monkey as the Madrid bus arrived.
League president Javier Tebas criticized VinĂcius for attacking the league without fully understanding what it has done recently to combat racism, and saying the player didn바카라t show up for talks on the subject that he had requested himself.
The league has made nine formal complaints over racist abuse against VinĂcius over the last two seasons, with many of the cases being shelved. A Mallorca fan may end up going on trial after allegedly racially insulting the Brazilian during a game.
President Luiz InĂĄcio Lula da Silva joined a wave of Brazilian politicians, players and clubs coming out to support VinĂcius and criticize racism in the Spanish league.
Lula told a news conference in Japan on the sidelines of a G7 meeting that he hopes FIFA, the Spanish League and other soccer bodies 바카라take measures so we don바카라t allow racism and fascism to take over바카라 in the sport.
The first trial against a fan accused of racial abuse in Spanish professional soccer is expected to happen at some point this year in a case involving Athletic Bilbao forward Iñaki Williams, who was insulted by an Espanyol supporter in a match in 2020.
