The Real Madrid ahead Vinícius Júnior has accused La Liga of “doing nothing” about racist abuse from the stands at matches, after he was focused by Real Valladolid followers on Friday.
Vinícius posted a press release on-line after movies on social media confirmed followers shouting abuse and throwing objects at him throughout Real Madrid’s 2-0 away win. The Brazilian ahead gave the impression to be subjected to abuse on the José Zorrilla Stadium after being substituted.
“Racists continue to go to stadiums and watch the biggest club in the world up close and La Liga continues to do nothing,” Vinícius wrote on Twitter. “I will continue with my head held high and celebrating my victories and those of Madrid.”
La Liga issued a press release condemning all varieties of hate speech and saying it was following up on situations of racism on the match. The president of La Liga, Javier Tebas, responded to Vinícius with a strongly-worded tweet labelling his accusations as “unfair and untrue”.
“At La Liga, I’ve been fighting racism for years,” Tebas wrote. “@vinijr it is unfair and untrue to publish that ‘@laliga does nothing about racism’. We are at your disposal so that together, we can walk in the same direction.” Tebas additionally posted a hyperlink to the official assertion, which included examples of earlier motion taken by the league.
“La Liga has detected racist insults from someone [in] the stands of the Zorrilla stadium, published on social networks,” the assertion learn. “These events will be reported to the Anti-Violence Commission and the Hate Crimes Prosecutor’s Office, as has been done on other occasions.”
Of the six earlier circumstances of alleged racial abuse talked about within the assertion, three concerned chants directed at Vinícius. The first occurred on the Camp Nou as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 in October 2021, the second at Real Mallorca in March 2022.
The third occasion got here in September, when Atlético Madrid followers have been filmed directing racist chants on the 22-year-old earlier than and in the course of the workforce’s residence recreation in opposition to Real Madrid.
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