“I feel more and more sad, I feel less and less like playing“. And then again: “I just want to play football, but I can’t. Because I feel that I have to fight for all the black people in the world who have no voice and who suffer racism firsthand every day.” Vinicius Jr. bursts into tears in the middle of a press conference: tears run down the face of the Brazilian star of Real Madrid, in front of the microphones before the international friendly match between Spain e Brazil organized precisely to raise awareness among fans on the issue of racism. Vinicius has suffered it firsthand almost every Sunday for a year now, since the first insults suffered at the Mestalla in Valencia.
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“I’m sure the Spain it is not a racist country – says the Real Madrid player – but there are many racists and many of them are in stadiums. We need to change because many of them don’t know what racism is. At 23 I have to teach many Spaniards what racism is and what it annoys me. Racism is on the rise.” To those who ask him if he has ever thought about leaving the Spanish La Liga, Vinicius Jr. replies like this: “I have never thought about leaving the Liga because otherwise I would be giving the racists what they want. I will continue in best club in the worldscoring many goals so that they continue to look at me“.
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“I just want to play football, but I can not“, continues Vinicius. “Because I feel that I have to fight for all the black people in the world who have no voice and who suffer racism firsthand every day. And they can’t defend themselves. I know what it meansI lived it: my father he was looking for work, but if he competed with a white person for a position, they gave the job to the white person.” “I have studied and continue studying a lot, because I couldn’t do it before – adds the 23-year-old striker -. I left Brazil very young and without instruction, I was only thinking about football. Now I’m better at talking about certain things, and that is important. Because I feel like I have to fight for those who have nothing, like the people in the neighborhood where I grew up. I made it, I arrived at Real Madrid, they didn’t, and for this reason I have to fight alongside them. Even if the thing is tiring: matches every two days, training, great pressure, and time to dedicate to my family. But you can’t give up, you have to fight racism to ensure that things improve soon and today’s young people no longer suffer because of the color of their skin”.
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With each question the Brazilian appeared more and more involved and in the end he failed to hold back the tearswhich are already touring the world: “Every complaint I feel worse – specifies Vinicius – but I have to appear here and show my face. I don’t fight against Spanish fans, I fight against racism in the world. I asked the UEFA help, to FIFAat the Conmebolat the CBF… that they are large groups and can fight against this.” “La Liga is trying to improve things, but in Spain the racism it’s not a crime and this obviously complicates everything. In Brazil the laws have been changed and the racists are starting to be punished. This is how it must be. At the moment the racists in Spain know they are unpunishedwe need to take this away from them safety and the episodes will decrease, they will think twice,” concludes Vinicius.
2024-03-25 18:26:23
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