LaLiga boy calling Vinicius Jr. a monkey – 03/03/2024 – Sport

LaLiga, the entity that organizes the Spanish Championship, is investigating images that show a child calling Brazilian Vinicius Junior “mono” (monkey in Spanish) at the Valencia stadium, during a match between the home team and Real Madrid, this Saturday (two).

Upon realizing that her son was being filmed while insulting the player, the child’s mother tried to stop the recording, which was made by a Brazilian fan. The information is from The Athletic. LaLiga did not comment on its social media or website. Wanted by Sheetthe entity did not respond until the publication of this text.

“Since the beginning of the game I saw people offending Vini, calling him a monkey. At one point, I saw a chorus from the entire back of the goal calling him a monkey. But what bothered me most was a child next to me doing I said it wasn’t right, but it’s so normal for them that their mother said it wasn’t offensive, she was just calling him an animal,” Brazilian Anna Anjos, responsible for the filming, told ESPN.

Vinicius Jr. returned this Saturday (2) to the Mestalla stadium, where he was the target of racist insults last year, in a case that generated outrage in the football world.

During each goal celebration, the Brazilian player raised his right fist and placed his hands over his ears, facing the stands.

Before the match, the Brazilian was the target of new provocation, when he was compared to the character Pinocchio, known for telling lies, on posters distributed around the stadium.

Vinicius was already called Pinocchio by the Valencia press after his testimony about the racism case that occurred in May 2023.

The posters were made by an association of club shareholders, Libertad VCF, which accused stadium security of censorship for having collected the material. Around 20 thousand papers were printed, according to the newspaper Marca.