‘Huevo’ Acuña, victim of discrimination in Spain: Diego Simeone’s interesting reflection and Vinicius Jr’s support

Racist insults to a world champion like Marcos Acuña sparked immediate repudiation. The situation in which the defender of the Seville had to endure during the away win against Getafe, of the Spanish LaLiga. And it wasn’t just the Argentine coach of Atlético de Madrid, Diego Simeonebut also the Brazilian striker Vinicius Juniorvictim on countless occasions of the same racial abuse.

The ‘Cholo’ expressed on Sunday that “it depends on the whole club, not on just one person” and that we must “all improve” to counteract these facts of Spanish football, also replicated the day before in the duel between Sestao – Rayo Majadahonda, of promotion.

“It’s difficult to keep talking about the same things we’ve been talking about for a long time. It depends on everyone, it doesn’t depend on just one person, it depends on the whole society and obviously we all have to improve”assessed the Argentine coach in the press conference.

He also received support from Vinicius Junior, who broke down in tears in the middle of a press conference last week when talking about what he will face at many of the pitches he will visit with Real Madrid. It was before the friendly against racism between Brazil and Spain, at the legendary Santiago Bernabéu.

The striker published a post on his official X account (formerly Twitter), where he usually reflects on the various acts of racism that occur in Spanish football stadiums.

“I won’t even play this weekend. But on Saturday alone we had three despicable cases of racism in Spain. All my support to Acuña @AcunaMarcos17 and coach Quique Flores, of @SevillaFC. To Sarr and @RMajadahonda, may their courage inspire others. The racists must be exposed and the matches cannot continue with them in the stands. We will only have victory when the racists leave the stadiums straight to prison, a place they deserve,” wrote the Brazilian.

What happened to Marcos Acuña in Spain?

Despite Sevilla’s 1-0 victory, Sergio Ramos’ goal was set aside due to the injury suffered by the wide midfielder, which forced the referee to suspend the match for several seconds and provoked a strong reaction from the team. ex Real Madrid.

At the quarter of the second hour, the Egg approached to speak with Javier Iglesias Villanueva and one of the assistants and the protocol corresponding to these cases was activated automatically. The whistle blew, the actions stopped and the voice of the stadium warned of the situation. According to the protagonists themselves, a group of local fans called Acuña a “monkey” several times, which forced the former Ferro and Racing player to denounce this new episode of racism.

Even though the match was over and Quique Sánchez Flores’ team added three vital points in their fight to escape the relegation zone, there was nothing to celebrate and Ramos was the first to repudiate what happened to his teammate. “We ask, in football, respect, that people do not come to free themselves and say nonsense. We must report them and ban their entry, this should be a sport to unite, not to separate. They do not belong in football stadiums”, they express.

Furthermore, Djené, captain of Getafe, expressed his solidarity with Acuña and added that “if chants were heard, we must stop because this is not possible”, while coach Bordalás was strong in underlining that “we are against to any racist insult.” “.

Within a few minutes, other messages were added: Sevilla’s official report condemned the xenophobic insults and, in addition to Acuña, also included the technical staff among the victims. In turn, La Liga announced that it “strongly condemns any act of racism and will continue to work until these intolerable behaviors are eradicated from our sport”.

Although Acuña avoided referring to the topic and after the match he posted: “Great victory, let’s go Sevilla” with images of the match, the referee’s report reflects the gravity of the situation: in the same report it appears that in the 68th minute had to interrupt the match due to racist insults directed at the number 19 of the visiting team such as “Acuña mono” and “Acuña you come from the monkey” by “fans positioned in the central area of ​​the pitch behind the position of my assistant referee no. 2.”

Finally, it is specified that the episode “was announced over the loudspeaker” and the game was resumed only “two and a half minutes later” and “it did not occur on any other occasion of the match”.