The Spanish league on Tuesday filed a felony criticism in opposition to Valladolid supporters for racially insulting Actual Madrid participant Vinícius Júnior.
The league mentioned it supplied audio-visual proof of the insults when submitting hate crimes complaints with native courts. The league has additionally requested the Spanish soccer federation to look into the case and think about a doable penalty for Valladolid.
Vinícius took to social media to complain concerning the insults he was subjected to in Madrid’s 2-0 win in Valladolid on Friday. “The racists proceed to go to the stadiums” and “the league does nothing about it,” mentioned the Brazilian worldwide.
It is not the primary time that Vinícius, who’s black, has been focused by racists whereas enjoying in Spain.
Final 12 months, a big group of Atletico Madrid followers chanted “Vinícius, you are a monkey” in entrance of the Metropolitano Stadium earlier than Madrid’s 2-1 win in September. Spanish prosecutors closed an investigation into this case, citing inadequate proof to establish potential perpetrators of the hate crime.
Vinícius was additionally focused by a fan who made racist insults to him after his ‘clásico’ in opposition to Barcelona in 2021.
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