Present in Hiroshima at the G7 summit, the Brazilian president condemned the racist insults uttered against the Real Madrid star on Sunday during the La Liga match against Valencia.
By Le Figaro with AFP
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday condemned the insults uttered against Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior during a Spanish league game in Valencia, and demanded action against “fascism and racismin the stadiums.
“He was attacked. They called him a monkey“, was indignant Lula during a press conference in Hiroshima (Japan), at the end of a G7 summit to which he had been invited.
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“It is not possible, in the middle of the 21st century, to have such strong racial prejudices in so many football stadiums“, he added, expressing his “solidaritytowards the Brazilian striker.
“It is unfair that a poor boy who has done so well in life, who may be on his way to becoming the best player in the world – he is certainly the best in Real Madrid – is insulted in all the stadiums where he cheek“, continued Lula.
“Racism is normal in La Liga”
Lula asked Fifa and the Spanish La Liga to take “serious measures“. “We cannot allow fascism and racism to take hold in football stadiums“, did he declare.
On Sunday, the crowd at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium, where Real Madrid lost 1-0, insulted Vinicius throughout the match. Doubts remain about the content of the insults: Carlo Ancelotti heard the stadium shouting “mono“, either “monkey” in Spanish, but a journalist argued in a press conference facing the Italian coach of Real Madrid that the spectators were actually shouting “tontowhich means “imbecilewithout however convincing him.
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In addition to this incident, a scuffle on the lawn between the Brazilian striker and Hugo Duro led to the expulsion of “Vini”.
“What the racists have won is my expulsion. It’s not football. It’s La Liga“Reacted Vinicius, 22, on his Instagram account. “It was not the first time, nor the second nor the third. Racism is normal in La Liga. (…) I am very sad. The championship that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi now belongs to the racists“, Lamented the young Brazilian player.