Support for Vinicius from Real Madrid players
Real Madrid defeated Rayo Vallecano 2-1 on matchday 36 of the Spanish First Soccer League (LaLiga).
Karim Benzema scored the first goal of the match played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, in the 31st minute. Rayo Vallecano equalized with a goal from Raúl de Tomás in the 84th minute. Rodrygo put Real Madrid ahead again with a goal in the 89th minute and the game ended 2-1.
Real Madrid, which increased its score to 74 with this victory in La Liga, where Barcelona became champion, moved up to second place in the match.
The Real Madrid players took to the field wearing the Brazilian soccer player’s shirt before the match against Rayo Vallecano to support their teammate Vinicius Junior, who was exposed to racist insults. Vinicius Júnior, whose red card was annulled during the match against Valencia, was unable to play the match due to his injury.
THE EVENT OF RACISM AGAINST VINICIUS
The incident, which marked matchday 35 of the league, took place in the second half of the Valencia-Real Madrid match when Real Madrid’s Brazilian footballer Vinicius stopped the match claiming that a fan from the Valencia stands had racially insulted him.
After this attack by Vinicius, who went up to the stands and pointed to a fan, the referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, the coaches of both teams and the footballers were also involved in the incident, and then the police went to the stands and They emptied the section where the supporter was.
After an announcement was made in the stadium against racism in football, which was stopped for about 10 minutes, the match resumed.
THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
The racism incident was condemned by many sports clubs, especially Valencia and Real Madrid, executives from high-level football institutions such as FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and many politicians, including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
At the request of Real Madrid, the prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into the incident as part of a hate crime.
Although Spanish police detained three supporters, aged between 18 and 21, who were found to have racially insulted Vinicius, they were released because they were not prosecuted. (AA)