Real Madrid: Vinicius Jr’s red card officially canceled by the Spanish Federation

Two days after the match between Valencia and Real Madrid (1-0), Spain continues to agitate around the case Vinicius Jr. Excluded at the end of the game after being the victim of racist insults, the Real striker Madrid was officially pardoned on Tuesday evening by the Disciplinary Committee of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), which announced that its red card was canceled. This is made up of a representative from La Liga, another from the federation and a final one from the Spanish Sports Council (equivalent to the State Secretariat for Sports in France).

“Given the allegations and video evidence provided by Real Madrid regarding the 90+5 dismissal of Vinicius“, the Disciplinary Committee decided to cancel the “disciplinary consequences” of this expulsion and to authorize the Brazilian to play again on Wednesday (7:30 p.m.) against Rayo Vallecano at the Bernabéu for the 36th day of La Liga.

In this press release, the body also announced the closure of part of the Mestalla and the Mario Kempes stand, that of the Valencia ultras, for five meetings straddling between the current season and the next, therefore. The club was also fined 45,000 euros for these racist incidents. “It has been proven that, as written by the referee in his post-match report, there were racist cries towards Vinicius, Real Madrid player, during the match, altering the normal course of said match. As these offenses are very serious, it has been decided to impose an economic penalty of 45,000 euros on Valencia CF.“, announced this commission.