The court in Valencia opens an investigation into racist insults against Vinicius

The head of the investigative court number 10 in Valencia initiated the investigation procedure racist insults directed at Real Madrid player Vinicius Junior last Sunday, May 21, during the La Liga Santander match between this team and Valencia CF at the Mestalla Stadium.

In the order, which was published this Friday, the judge agreed to the summons three spectators who were arrested this week by the National Police in connection with these incidents.

The court opened the proceedings after receiving a report on a possible hate crime prepared by the Information Brigade of the General Headquarters of the Police of Valencia. In this preliminary procedure, a complaint has accumulated due to the same facts filed by La Liga, an entity that is already considered a person in the case as a private action.

Meanwhile, the Appeals Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Association reduced from five to three games the penalty for partially closing the stand at the Mestalla stadium for these racist insults.

As the body reported in its resolution this Friday, it decided to partially uphold the appeal filed by the Valencia team and leave the closure in place for three games, with reduce the economic penalty from 45,000 euros set by the Competition Commission to 27,000.

However, Apel emphasizes that “there are relevant facts to clarify the responsibility” of Valencia as “proof” that there were “clearly racist shouts or insults” and that they also “notoriously” disrupted the development of the match, which “They hold the local club responsible for what happened .”

“The club is aware of places in its stadium where there is a greater risk or possibility of events like those that happened last weekend, which in turn determines that it is the club’s responsibility to make decisions with that sector, a step so that incidents of this nature do not occur,” it added in resolution.