LaLiga’s eighth complaint about Vinicius’ insults

“As long as the color of the skin is more important than the brightness of the eyes, there will be war. I have that expression tattooed on my body. That thought is constantly in my head. This is the attitude and philosophy that I try to implement in my life. They say luck gets in the way. The luck of the winning black Brazilian in Europe is much more troubling”. In September, Vinicius denounced being the victim of a racist campaign and xenophobia on the football fields of the Spanish league, but the insults towards the Brazilian do not stop. LaLiga is going to the eighth lawsuit before the court of justice. The latest episode took place last weekend during the classic between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou.

According to several television cameras, the insults directed at the attacker from the stands were “crick” and “monkey, son of a bitch”. They happened exactly on the day when the Week against racism in Spanish football was celebrated and where all the players of both teams posed together under the slogan Unity to try to eradicate this kind of behavior.

Offenses against strikers are a problem that reached the last FIFA congress, where Gianni Infantino showed solidarity with the player. “Referees have the possibility and obligation to stop the match if there are racist insults”, insisted the president of the organization. Brazil’s Ministry of Racial Equality has dismissed racist comments against the Real Madrid striker on various occasions this season, as has the Brazilian Football Confederation.

Unlike in England, where the Premier League and the English Football Association (FA) can fine clubs or ultras for cases of racist abuse, Spain’s La Liga has no power to sanction, although it prosecutes and condemns any act of violence in a broad strategy. . On this occasion, it is the eighth report that the employer submitted to the competent authorities due to racist insults against Vinicius.

From the 2018/2019 season, in addition to reporting to the Commission for Suppression of Violence, employers also submitted cases to the Prosecutor’s Office for Hate Crimes. When imposing sanctions, responsibility lies with the Government Delegation, the Secretary of State for Security, the Ministry of the Interior and the Council of Ministers (according to Law 19/2007) and, on the other hand, with the Royal Federation of Española de Fútbol (RFEF) and its Competition Commission (according to articles 34 and the following Law 19/2007).