Bebeto supports Vinicius: “Racism is normal in the League”

The myth of Deportivo and the Brazilian football team, childhe came to the defense of his compatriot Viniciusin line with the controversy that took place this Sunday at the match between Valencia and Real Madrid, at the stadium location. The former soccer player condemns passivity when it comes to dunks on his social networks racist behavior.

“A competition like La Liga, quiet in the middle of such a serious situation, a summary to quote everything but the most important. This is disgusting, despicable and unacceptable in our sport or anywhere else. We can’t let it go, we can’t close our eyes to the absurdity of watching match after match,” explains Bebeto on his Instagram profile.

“It was neither the first, nor the second, nor the third time. Racism is normal in La Liga» adds Baby. “How can you pretend that nothing is happening? How to continue to play in the midst of racist statements?”, asks the former soccer player.

“HE CALLED ME A MONKEY”@vinijr he got into a fight with a fan in the middle of the game against Valencia

IN #ElPostDeDAZN We tell you all about the mess at the Mestalla 🔥 pic.twitter.com/njRey835YO

— DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) May 21, 2023

Ronaldo Nazario: “Vini, count on me in your fight. That’s our fight.”

Brazilian Ronaldo Nazario, former striker of the Brazilian team and teams such as Barcelona, ​​Inter and Real Madrid and current president and owner of Valladolid, also sent a message of encouragement to his compatriot Vinicius the Younger after suffering racist abuse in a match against Valencia at the Mestalla.

“Vini, count on me in your fight. In our fight,” says Ronaldo in a message published on his networks about the photo of the current winger of Real Madrid. “Another episode of racism in the League,” says Ronaldo, who adds: “Until when? As long as there is impunity and collusion, there will be of racism. It is inadmissible that the referees, the Federation, and the competent bodies do not act without the fans applauding such an absurdity. Enough”.

Ronaldo is one of the many voices supporting Vinicius Jr in the world of football, not just in Spain. For example, Rio Ferdinand, a former English player and currently a television analyst.

“Who protects Vinijur in Spain?”, “How many times do we have to see this young man exposed to this shit?” asks Ferdinand, who sees “the pain, the disgust, that he needs help… and the authorities are doing nothing to help him.” “People need to come together and demand more from the authorities who run our game. Nobody deserves this, yet they allow it. There has to be a unified approach to sweep this under the rug again.”

The Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, the PSG striker, expressed his support: “You are not alone. We are with you and we support you”, expressions similar to those used by Neymar, also a player of the French team and a teammate of Vinicius.

Vinícius’ agency is fiercely opposed to Spanish football

Brazilian Vinícius Junior’s agency, TFM, and Frederico Pena as top representative, condemned in a statement what happened at the Mestalla with his player, “immobilized in a cowardly, violent and unacceptable way”, and attacked Spanish football and the League to ensure that “they don’t accept that the most determined athlete” is a “young black man”.

“During the match between Valencia and Real Madrid, we witnessed scenes of generalized, intentional and already institutionalized racism, which are among the most disgusting in the history of football. Three years after the world was shocked by the video in which George Floyd was brutally immobilized, today the whole world witnessed an event in which Vinícius was immobilized in a cowardly, violent and unacceptable manner during an argument”, the statement condemns. TFM.

He then directly attacked LaLiga pointing out racism. “This is just another reflection of what has been seen during this season of LaLiga, in which it has become clear to the whole world that throughout Spain they do not accept the role of a young black man. That they don’t accept that the most determined and relevant athlete in LaLiga is a young black man.

“LaLiga’s covert consent to all this discrimination has been a message for months to all Spaniards that it does not want to have the best, if they are black. Blacks are accepted in LaLiga only if they are auxiliary players, and Vini will never be that. Neither on the field nor outside,” he said.

Brazilian President Lula da Silva is calling for action

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also condemned Vinicius’ racist insults and called for “serious measures” to be taken against those responsible. “It is not fair that a poor young man who has succeeded in life and is becoming one of the best footballers” suffers this kind of attack, Lula said before the start of a press conference on the balance of his participation in the summit. G7, where he was the only Latin American leader invited.

racist insults for @vinijr in the Mestalla

This MUST BE BANISHED from football among all â›”#ElPostDeDAZN âš½ pic.twitter.com/fKbj1GFA1j

— DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) May 21, 2023

Infantino expresses his solidarity with Vinicius

The president of FIFA, the Swiss Gianni Infantino, expressed his solidarity with the Brazilian Vinicius. “There is no place for racism in football or in society, and FIFA supports all players and all players who have suffered it in their own bodies,” said the head of world football in a message posted on their social networks.

“The events that happened during the match between Valencia and Real Madrid show how crucial this fight is,” Infantino points out in his message, in which he reminds that “in FIFA competitions there is a three-step process and recommends that it be used on all levels of football.”

“First of all, the match is interrupted and announced. Second, the players leave the field and the announcer says the game will be stopped if the attacks continue. The game continues and, thirdly, if the attacks continue, the game is stopped and three points go to the opponent. These are the rules that should apply in all countries and in all leagues,” he explains.

“It is clear that this is easier said than done, but we have to do it and we have to support it through education,” concludes the statement of the FIFA president.

RFEF calls for “stronger measures” to be taken

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said it was “horrified” and called for “stronger measures” to be taken against racist shouts said a section of Mestalla fans against the Brazilian striker.

The RFEF said in a statement that these attitudes “must be eradicated” and called for the protocols to be activated “urgently” in order to “immediately adopt the strongest measures”. “Both the board and the National Commission for Combating Violence and Xenophobia and Racism in Sport should take action on the issue, even closing the stands every time it happens and the stadiums when it’s a recurrence,” he said.

In this regard, the body asked the clubs to cooperate in the “immediate eradication of these unpleasant events, respecting the rules and sports sanctions and not delaying them by artificial judicial means”.

Vice President Yolanda Díaz condemns “racist chants”

Another vice-president, Yolanda Díaz, condemned the “racist chants” uttered by some of the club’s fans and stressed her commitment to “ending racism and any form of discrimination”.

“Racist chants in football stadiums do not represent our country, nor any football fan. We will continue to work to end racism or any other form of discrimination,” he said in a message on Twitter.

Irene Montero calls for a “great social cordon against racism and xenophobia”

Equality Minister Irene Montero “strongly” condemned the “racist attacks” on Real Madrid player Vinicius and called for a “big social cordon against racism and against xenophobia”. In his opinion, this attitude is a consequence of the normalization of “hate speech, racist speech, xenophobic speech, which Ana Rosa Quintana, the host, saw the other day prime time».

Irene Montero made this demonstration in Errenteria where she traveled to take part in the election act, where she addressed the racist insults directed at Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior in the match against Valencia at the Mestalla which, according to her, condemned the player, calling him “monkey “.

Minister Garzón calls on the League to be “stronger” with sanctions

In an interview with Radiocable, collected by Europa Press, the minister of consumption, Alberto Garzón, ruled that this type of phenomenon “shows that racism is highly inoculated within certain parts of the hobby, especially the more ultras”, which he considers to have an ideological profile ” very defined in the radical right”.

And he noted that “a response is needed from the institutions that must ensure the normal functioning of football and sports and be much stronger in such cases”, as well as from the “referee team”.

But she specifically asked the League, which she believes should be the strictest “in terms of sanctions and new designs so that this doesn’t happen again,” he said.

Ayuso defends that Spain is not a racist country

Community president and PP re-election candidate, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, defended that “Spain is not a racist country” after the racist insults Real Madrid player Vinicius Júnior received during the game in Valencia, but stressed that I have to deal with this.

During a live interview on ABC, the Madrid leader indicated that the picture being broadcast from Spain of these incidents was not “real”. Ayuso pointed out that “Spain is not a racist country” and he pointed out that “the same thing happens” with “violations against the king and against many other people” that happen on the fields.

“Football fields can never become this. I don’t know if, of course, paralyzing the game and taking action, but we all have to deal with it a little bit, of course, because if not, the image that is being transmitted, as I said, is really harmful and on top of that, it’s a lie.” , He said.