Vinicius Junior, the forward for Real Madrid, is expressing his anger towards Javier Tebas, the La Liga president, and urging him to take decisive measures against racism in the Spanish topflight.
Once again, during Real Madrid’s La Liga match on Sunday, May 21, the Brazilian player was targeted with racist chants from fans at the Mestalla Stadium.
Real Madrid considers the racism directed at Vinicius Junior to be a ‘hate crime’ and has lodged a complaint with the Spanish State Attorney General’s Office.
Brazil forward Vinicius was the subject of an alleged racist attack during Real’s 1-0 LaLiga defeat at Valencia on Sunday.
The game was paused after the break as Vinicius pointed out to the referee those who were allegedly abusing him in the stands at the Mestalla – and the 22-year-old later took to social media to say racism is ‘normal’ in LaLiga.
According to Sportskeeda, Vinicius responded harshly to Tebas’ tweet about his incident and demanded that the La Liga president take action against those guilty of racism.
“Once again, instead of criticising racists, the president of LaLiga appears on social media to attack me. As much as you talk and pretend not to read, the image of your championship is shaken.
See the responses to your posts and have a surprise. Omitting yourself only makes you equal to racists. I’m not your friend to talk about racism. I want actions and punishments. Hashtag doesn’t move me.”
Vinicius was red carded after getting into a scuffle with Valencia’s Hugo Duro deep into the second half as Real Madrid lost 1-0 in the La Liga clash.
La Liga president’s message to Vinicius
La Liga president Javier Tebas has told Vinicius Junior to “inform himself properly” after the Real Madrid forward lashed out at La Liga for not taking actions to curb racism, Goal reports.
Tebas swiped at Vinicius after he accused the Real Madrid forward of not attending meetings scheduled to battle racism in the league.
The Brazilian forward took to social media to criticise La Liga after being subjected to more racist attacks during Real Madrid’s 1-0 defeat to Valencia on Sunday, May 21.
Brazil President jumps to Vinicius’ defence
Earlier, Sports Brief reported Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has joined hands with an increasing array of football stars in lending support to Vinicius Junior, who faced racial abuse during a La Liga game.