Vinicius: “Spain is a country of racists”

Ancelotti: “LaLiga has a serious problem. They must stop the matches”

Carlo Ancelotti was very clear about everything that happened: “If a player is yelled at as a monkey, and a coach has to think about removing it, there is something wrong in the League. The League has a problem. With racism you have to stop the game. Here is a stadium that screams monkey and you have to stop the game. I told the opener. LaLiga has a problem. These episodes of racism must stop the game. It’s an entire stadium, it’s not just one fan who insults a player. You have to stop the game. The referee has said that by protocol we have to inform him, but what he has to do is stop the game. They were insulting him from the first minute. There is no need to put any buts, Vinicius’s reaction is quite logical when an entire stadium makes racist insults. I’m curious to see what happens with Mestalla. The situation is quite serious. I don’t want to talk about football.”

Thibaut Courtois He also spoke in favor of his partner and against the racist shouts, which he confirmed that he had heard: “Someday you have to put a camera only focusing on those people because you can hear atrocities. They have told me and made gestures of all. Football has become ‘I go to the stadium and insult’, instead of cheering. It’s a problem. If Vinicius had said that we don’t continue playing, I would have gone with him. The match has heated up and the first to see red is Hugo Duro, who grabs Vinicius by the neck. Vinicius’s reaction is to take it off with his hand. If the referee thinks it’s red, okay, but the first one must go to Hugo Duro.”

Valencian player Justin Kluivert spoke out against these insults as well “which we cannot and should not tolerate. I apologize on behalf of myself and my team. This cannot happen in stadiums and it can happen to all of us. We must stop it” .

Vinicius’ message: “Spain is a racist country”

The Brazilian, who took photos and signed autographs as he left the stadium, spoke about everything he had experienced on his social networks. “The prize that racists win is my expulsion. It’s not football, it’s LaLiga”, warned the Brazilian. And then he sent a much tougher message on his 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. Very sorry. The championship that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi, today belongs to the racists. A beautiful nation that welcomed me and I love it, but agreed to export the image to the world from a racist country. Sorry for the Spanish who do not agree, 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 it. I agree. But I am strong and I will go all the way against racists. Even though I’m far from here”

The images betray insults such as “Monkey” and gestures imitating a primate to the Brazilian, and choral shouts of “fool” and “bad”. And also there are already nine complaints that LaLiga has raised for racist insults, all dedicated to the Brazilian forward of Real Madrid.

Message from Valencia

Valencia also wanted to take part in this conflict with the following statement: “Valencia CF wishes to publicly condemn any type of insult, attack or disqualification in football. The Club, in its commitment to the values ​​of respect and sport, publicly reaffirms its position against physical and verbal violence in stadiums and regrets the events that occurred during the matchday 35 of LaLiga against Real Madrid. Although this is an isolated episode, insults to any player from the rival team have no place in football and do not fit in with the values ​​and identity of Valencia CF. The Club is investigating what happened and will take the most severe measures. In the same way, Valencia CF condemns any offense and also requests the utmost respect for our fans. Aside from these isolated incidents, Valencia CF would like to thank the more than 46,000 fans for their assistance and support for the team in this Sunday’s match May 21th.