Racism scandal in Spain: strong decision by Valencia against fans accused of discriminating against Vinicius

He Valencia announced this Monday in an official statement that will eject from its stadium “for life” to the fans who used racist insults against the Brazilian before and during the match on Sunday Vinicius Junior in the match played against the real Madrid of LaLiga.

From the stands they have not stopped listening to racist songs against the crack of ‘Merengue’. “Sandwich“, he repeated from the stands after the striker crossed with the spectators and was then sent off after 96 minutes for a serious infringement against an opponent.

When his fury was unleashed, the 22-year-old decided to make a gesture with two fingers at whoever attacked him, in clear reference to Valencia’s possibility of losing their category and going down to the Second Division.

Faced with the conflict, which has left sport aside, the Valencian club explained that the police have already identified one of the fans who made “racist gestures” in Vinicius and that “Coordinated work is underway to confirm the identities of other possible suspects”.

“Since the facts, all available records are being analyzed, working as quickly as possible to clarify what happened in order to act quickly and forcefully”says the writing.

The institution has already opened a first “disciplinary file” and ensures that “will apply the utmost severity” to subscribers who have demonstrated that they engaged in such racist conduct.

“The club strongly condemns this type of behaviour, which has no place in football and society and which does not correspond to the values ​​of Valencia CF and its fans,” the statement read.

“In this way we reaffirm our stance against racism by acting with the same force as in 2019, when a fan who made fascist gestures and salutes to Arsenal fans in a UEFA Europa League match was banned for life,” the club recalls.

The expulsion of Vinicius after the match

While all his teammates have come out to defend him in front of the press and several important personalities from the world of football have done so on social networks, Vinicius has decided to express his discomfort with a situation that is now becoming common in every stadium that must visit .

“It wasn’t the first time, nor the second, nor the third. Racism is normal in La Liga. The competition thinks it’s normal, even the Federation and the opponents encourage it. I’m sorry. The championship that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi now belongs to racists. A beautiful nation, which has welcomed me and the person I love, but which has agreed to export the image of a racist country to the world“, posted the international player with his team.

And he continued: “I’m sorry for the Spaniards who disagree, but today, in Brazil, Spain is known as a country of racists. And unfortunately, for everything that happens every week, I have no defense. I am d I’m strong and I’ll go all the way against racists, even if it’s far from here.”

This class of attitudes towards the Brazilian are not new, but have become more pronounced in recent times. His explosion in recent seasons, which has allowed him to become one of the best performing forwards in Spanish football, has brought with it the consequence of starting to suffer very hard kicks from various defenders to try to stop him, given that he has also started make the center of taunts from rival fans.

Given the repeated occasions in which Vinicius finds himself in the eye of the storm for racist acts against him, Real Madrid have also decided to act on the matter and have filed a hate crimes complaint against his player.