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By: Kike Frías Updated 15 Sea 2022, 18: 39 pm EDT
A new episode of racism registered in the stadiums of the Spanish La Liga, this time in against a Real Madrid player, the Brazilian striker Vinicius Jr.
In the last away game of the Merengue team against Mallorca , at the Son Moix stadium in the city of Palma, a group of fans very close to the pitch shouted slogans at him like “Vinicius, go pick up bananas ”.
This as of minute ; It was also denounced that in several bars of the match they yelled at him “black shit” , but this was not captured by the cameras of the chain GOL, which was able to record the first disqualifying.
Likewise, the program The Day After published an audiovisual material of how that same group of people present at the engagement made monkey sounds clearly disqualifying against Vinicius.
Characteristic of his personality, the Brazilian striker did not flinch and even then scored a goal after a great assist from Karim Benzema, but he considers this type of behavior unjustifiable in the f current football.
Spanish media report that the complaint and material that supports it were delivered to the organization of La Liga so that letters can be taken in the matter, such as severe sanctions.
For its part, Mallorca wanted to stand out and apologize for the done and through a statement condemned the racist shouts:
“We roundly and forcefully condemn any racist attitude or demonstration like the one that happened yesterday in our stadium”
Not only Vinicius and Real Madrid, Cádiz also suffered
Last monday 28 February an unpleasant episode of racism was recorded in the Spanish first division match between re Cadiz and Granada.
Carlos Akapo, Cádiz player, was substituted at the minute 59 and when walking near the stands, a fan started making monkey sounds as the soccer player passed .
Akapo came to the bench and told the fourth referee what happened and also the game cameras have the moment when the fan started saying racist things to Akapo.
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