Valencia said they “strongly denounced isolated incidents”.Ī statement read: “Valencia CF wish to publicly condemn insults and attacks of all kinds in football … although this is an isolated episode, insults to any opposing player have no place in football and do not fit with the values and identity of Valencia CF. La Liga said it had filed complaints on nine occasions over the last two seasons with the Spanish Football Federation’s (RFEF) competition committee, the state commission against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport, the hate prosecutor’s office and the courts. “La Liga will also investigate the images in which racist insults were allegedly directed towards Vinicius Jr outside the Mestalla stadium.” Once the investigation has been completed, if any hate crime is detected, La Liga will proceed to take the appropriate legal action. The statement read: “In view of the incidents that occurred during the Valencia CF – Real Madrid CF match at the Mestalla Stadium, La Liga informs that it has requested all available images to investigate what happened. La Liga later released a statement, vowing to investigate and take “appropriate legal action” if “any hate crime is detected”. La Liga to investigate, Valencia condemn ‘isolated incidents’ El racismo no puede tener cabida ni en el fútbol ni en la sociedad. Es hora de dejar de hablar y actuar con contundencia. Hoy ha sido un día triste en Mestalla, donde un grupo de aficionados ha mostrado su peor versión.
He added: “I’m strong and will go to the end against the racists. Vinicius Jr posted a message on Instagram that read: “It wasn’t the first time, not the second and not the third. “Vini is very sad, angry, but more sadness. With this racism, for me they have to stop the game. For me Vinicius is the greatest player in the world, the strongest. “We have a problem, he does not have a problem.
On top of that, they show him a red card which makes no sense, as it was not an aggression. I told him I did not think it was fair that he had to play this game you are not the guilty party, you are the victim. Shouting ‘monkey’ at a player, and a coach thinks of taking the player off, there is something bad happening in this league.” “What happened today cannot happen, that is pretty obvious. The Brazilian, who had appeared to have been held back by an arm around his neck during a melee, had looked visibly shaken before his dismissal and was seen talking to manager Carlo Ancelotti and his coaching staff.Īncelotti voiced strong condemnation after the game and revealed his conversation with Vinicius Jr, telling Movistar TV: “I don’t want to speak about football today, but about what happened. Vinicius Jr was sent off in injury-time as tempers flared on both sides, with a VAR check ruling that a shove on Valencia striker Hugo Duro warranted a red card. A public message over the tannoy said that “racist behaviour from certain spectators would not be tolerated”.
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