Carlo Ancelotti, on the case of Vinicius: “Everything tells you: son of a bitch, fag, let your father or mother die… This is not war, this is sport”

“It has to stop because we are tired of being insulted every day,” he declared. Carlo Ancelotti this Tuesday at a press conference, asked about the case Vinicius, which exposed the racism that still emanates from certain sections of football fans. Player from Real Madrid was the subject Racist insults in location during the league match played this Saturday between the white team and Valencia. However, the coach believes that the problem, apart from the fact that the anti-racist protocol is “outdated”, is that it is “already common to insult” on the sports fields: “Behind the bench they say all kinds of things to you: you bitch, you faggot, let your father or mother give you a fuck… This is not a war, it is a sport”.

“We are concerned about what happened, just like everyone else. It’s fair and proper to talk about it, it could be a great opportunity to fix things very quickly,” began the Real Madrid coach in the pre-match match against Rayo Vallecano this Wednesday, in which only Vinicius and racist insults. the protagonists. In this sense, Ancelotti expressed his regret that the Brazilian “is a victim who is sometimes considered guilty, because they say he provokes with his attitude”. “But to be clear: is a victim of all this. Fans who behave impeccably are also victims,” ​​he reminded.

“And when I said the Mestalla stadium, I don’t mean 46,000 people, I mean a group that behaved very badly, like in Mallorca or Valladolid. There weren’t 46,000, I’m sorry, but there aren’t one or two,” insisted the coach, who apologized for referring to the entire Valencia stadium this Sunday when he criticized the racist abuse of Vinicius.

Thus, the Italian trainer pointed out that “It’s normal to insult” on sports fields and showed “I agree with what he said Xavi Hernandez». “It was exemplary. Why do we have a habit of insulting in football? Why did they call him stupid? It’s not a racial insult, but it’s an insult,” he confirmed the words of the Barcelona coach, who expressed his support for Vinicius this Monday. “The shirt is not important,” he said before the game against Real Valladolid: “You have to stop the game. You have to stop it. I don’t care about the shield, be it Vinicius or Eto’o. It’s very disgusting. I don’t see that in any other sport. Neither in tennis, nor in basketball, nor in golf”.

“This has to stop, because we are fed up with being insulted every day. Behind the bench, everyone is telling you: son of a bitch, fag, let your father or mother scold you… This is not war, this is sport. We hope the institutions are clear, also LaLiga, RFEF and referees. I say it too Spain is not racist, but there is racism in Spainlike in other places, it has to end,” Carlo Ancelotti added.

The Bernabéu is also the scene of an insult

After the episode experienced at the Mestalla and the special indignation of Real Madrid, it did not take long to remember how the Bernabéu was on several occasions another source of insults against the rivals. Racism, xenophobia and homophobia are a constant in certain parts of the stands, which have played out in episodes as shameful as the one he experienced just a few weeks ago. Pep Guardiolawhen he was the subject of homophobic comments.

“Oh, Guardiola! Oh Guardiola! How thin you look! First it was drugs, today you can be seen in Chueca», the Madrid players sang to the coach of Manchester City during the semi-final of the Champions League in which the team was eliminated. Those shouts, in addition to showing that there are no fans without sin, that they tried to make fun of the Catalan by insinuating that he is gay, are the latest proof that homophobia is still installed in the stands of the stadium.

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But if there is an episode that should lighten the colors of those who today are outraged by the insults leveled at Vinicius, it was the one he experienced Ousmane Dembele in it in 2019, in the Copa del Rey semi-final match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. A group of fans dedicated themselves to imitation monkey sounds every time a player touched the ball.

Just a year later, LaLiga censured Real Madrid for insults directed at Álvaro Morata and El Chol Simeone during a derby against Atlético de Madrid. The events took place in February 2020, when part of the stands called the football player a “rat”, the coach a “cuckold”, and shouts of “fucking Indian who doesn’t jump” were heard. Interestingly, the competition did not budge on the issue of Vinicius, who did not hesitate to express his displeasure on social networks, which led to a heated debate between the Brazilian and Javier Tebas.

Insults directed at Araujo at the Bernabeu. This was not published in any media because since Vinicius does not receive them, it is not important.pic.twitter.com/6fhttflMNJ

— Info Blaugrana (@10InfoBlaugrana) March 3, 2023

But going back to the unfortunate episodes in which certain sectors of the fandom have acted in recent years, it is worth recalling the numerous occasions when Gerard Pique He was subjected to insults from Madrid fans, with quotes such as “Piqué, you bastard, salute the champion.” And that is that the historic rivalry between the clubs has meant that insults increase exponentially every time a derby is played, whether the venue is the Camp Nou or the Bernabéu. This same year, it was Ronald Araujo which received comments like “son of a bitch” from white team ultras.

If you go further back in time, you can find much bloodier examples — such as the throwing of bananas at black players — in which violence and hatred are linked to a sport, football, which has seen certain sections of its fans go to a game with more interest in offensive comments. but to encourage their own in sports. And it doesn’t just happen in Real Madrid or Valencia. Even children’s categories are infected with this trend. So far this year, several minors, one of them from Galicia, have been the subject of sexist comments by other players or the stands.