Pedro Sánchez: “As an Atlético fan, I expected a strong response against racism”

Pedro Sánchez has claimed to be “very sad” about the racist insults directed at Vinicius in the vicinity of the Metropolitano before last Sunday’s derby and has demanded “that football clubs take this type of behavior seriously and react.” “As a great fan of Atlético, he expected a strong message from the clubs against this type of behaviour. This is what I will ask my team, “said the President of the Government in New York.

The rojiblanco club issued a statement on Monday night in which it said “strongly condemn any type of attitude of a racist nature, a scourge of our society and that unfortunately does not only occur in yesterday’s game (for Sunday), but in many sports and non-sports fields.

After a group of radicals from Atlético shouted around the Metropolitano “You are a monkey, Vinicius, you are a monkey”, Pedro Sánchez demanded that Atlético forcefully against racist insults. Controversy has surrounded Vinicius before the derby for his way of celebrating his goals by dancing, and even the president of the Association of Spanish Agents, Pedro Bravo, commented that the Real Madrid striker should “stop playing the monkey”, although he later apologized for his words.

Later, Vinicius was the object of the anger of the Atletico radicals, forcing Atlético to make a statement. “We have contacted the authorities to request that the people who participated in this execrable act be identified and, if they are members of the club, the sanctioning regime will be applied to them,” announced the club chaired by Enrique Cerezo.

“The attitude of a few does not represent either the club or the vast majority of its fans, who once again set an example of good behavior yesterday and who supported our team throughout the match with respect for the rival. We reiterate our condemnation against those attitudes, but at the same time we do not understand the exaggerated focus that was previously placed on this match, generating an artificial and unfortunate campaign outside Atlético de Madrid, ”concluded the statement from the mattress entity.