«It is not football, it is LaLiga. The prize that the racists have won was my expulsion. This is how emphatically Vinicius expressed himself through an Instagram ‘story’ after what happened in Mestalla, where the Brazilian striker was first harassed by new racist insults, later expelled for an attack on Hugo Duro and, out of his mind, made gestures from ‘a Segunda’ to the stands on the way to the changing rooms. The chronicle of events forces a full stop in Spanish football, one of those “national sit-ins” that Luis Aragonés spoke of in his day, in the case of “Sabio de Hortaleza” so that everyone would unite around the Spanish selection.
The Madrid attacker went even further in his criticism of the Spanish championship. “Today, in Brazil, Spain is known as a country of racists,” he emphasized on his social networks. It was not the first time, nor the second, nor the third. Racism is normal in the League. The competition thinks it’s normal, so the Federation and the opponents cheer him on. I’m so sorry,” Vini reflected.
The Brazilian insisted on his reflections to criticize the, in his opinion, latent permissiveness. “The championship, which once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi, today belongs to racists. A beautiful nation, which welcomed me and I love it, but which agreed to export the image to the world of a racist country. Sorry for the Spaniards who disagree but today in Brazil, Spain is known as a country of racists. And unfortunately, with everything that happens weekly, I have no way to defend. I agree, but I am strong and I will go to the end against the racists », he shells out in a reflection in which he even hints at a departure from Real Madrid.
After the battle of Mestalla was over, Carlo Ancelotti, a Madrid coach who only wanted to talk about what is happening around Vinicius, was also very explicit. «I don’t want to talk about football but about what has happened here. I think it is more important than a loss. I am very calm, but what happened today cannot happen. That a stadium yells ‘monkey’ at a player and that a coach thinks of removing him for that… There is something wrong in this League, “said the veteran Italian coach, angry as never before.
Recurring insults during the season
«These episodes of racism cannot happen and they must be stopped. I would say the same if we had won,” snapped the Madrid coach, who even understood Vinicius’s subsequent reaction against the stands when he was sent off. “The reaction is quite normal. A whole stadium has made racist insults to a player… I am very attentive to see what happens. Usually nothing happens. I am not a judge, but the situation must be evaluated carefully, it is quite serious.
Both Valencia, through a statement, and the local captain, José Luis Gayá, condemned the insults to Vini. “We condemn it and that is what the cameras are for. If it is clear who it was, for me it does not have to enter a football field anymore. Racist insults make no sense, ”Gayà stressed, without hot cloths.
LaLiga, for its part, announced that it has already taken action on the matter and has requested the images available at the stadium to investigate what happened. The body chaired by Javier Tebas ensures that, in the event of detecting a hate crime, as Vinicius denounces, he will proceed to take the appropriate legal actions.
It happens that these episodes have been recurring this season, with special severity in fiefdoms such as Mallorca, the Metropolitan and the Camp Nou. Complaints from LaLiga, statements from each other regretting what happened, but without forceful sanctions.
Not everything goes, nor does the end justify the means. Valencia was more intense and achieved a meritorious victory against Real Madrid that will allow them to continue in the First Division, but the images seen in Mestalla will go around the world and leave the League and Spanish football in general in a terrible place. Vinicius has a tendency to get involved, to protest too much, to confront his teammates, to gesticulate and dramatize his falls, but there are limits that cannot be exceeded and racist insults should not go unpunished.
Rubén Baraja asked on the eve of a transcendent duel for his team that Mestalla “explode” against Madrid and the radicals took it literally. In the first half, the Brazilian did not unbalance and got lost in discussions. So far, everything more or less normal.
Late in the second half, when Valencia defended heroically and Madrid proudly sought to turn the result around, a chronicle of events took place. First, an unusual fact. Vinicius tried to get away from Foulquier and, suddenly, his run was interrupted because a second ball hit the one he was controlling. And that ball, which was already on the field, was thrown by Comert, a Che defender. Such an unsportsmanlike action ended with a yellow card for the defender, a foul in favor of Madrid and fights everywhere.
Suddenly, Vinicius faced a fan who seriously insulted him. The police intervened in that fund, took the kaffir and prevented more serious incidents. The Biscayne referee, from Burgos Bengoetxea, spoke with the field delegate so that he could warn them over the public address system. The Brazilian threatened to leave the field, but his teammates, Ancelotti and the match judge himself encouraged her to continue. Huge discount, more fights, tanganas, VAR and direct red to Vinicius for hitting Hugo Duro in the heat of the fight. On the way to the changing rooms, gestures from ‘a Segunda’ towards the Valencia fans and more attempts at fighting.
2023-05-21 21:02:58
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