Real Madrid blames federation boss for racist abuse

After triggering the Attorney General of Spain, the management of Real Madrid went public this Monday (22) to criticize the repeated racist attacks that Vinicius Júnior has been suffering in Spanish football and blame the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, for repeating the offenses.

The club claims that the lack of punishment spurred the attacks. The Brazilian, in turn, published a video with a compilation of racist acts of which he was a victim in recent months (see below).

“We are surprised by the statements made by the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, because being the person most responsible for Spanish football and the refereeing area, he has allowed that forceful measures were not taken, in accordance with Fifa protocols, to avoid the situation we’ve reached The image of our football is seriously damaged and deteriorated in the eyes of the whole world”, said Real Madrid.

Fifa protocols, cited by the entity’s president, Gianni Infantino, this Monday, provide for the temporary suspension of the match, which happened for about 10 minutes on Sunday, and the early closure of the game, in case the racist demonstrations continue. , which is what happened on Sunday, when Real lost 1-0 to Valencia at the Mestalla stadium.

In repudiation of the episode of racism, Real’s management targeted the president of the federation, despite direct criticism from Vini Jr. to Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, the entity that organizes the Spanish Championship.

“Through his passivity (Luis Rubiales), he has contributed to the impotence and helplessness of our player Vinícius. The referees, far from acting firmly and applying regulatory protocols, have chosen in most cases to inhibit themselves and avoid making decisions Just yesterday, the referee and those responsible for the VAR escaped their respective responsibilities and made unfair decisions based on incomplete images, which were not seen in full, biased and which led to the direct red card being shown to our player Vinícius Junior”, recorded the club.

The management of Real said that the case was not isolated and asked the federation to take action. “For all these reasons, we are very concerned that no action has been taken by the Royal Spanish Football Federation during all this time, despite the obvious and repeated alarm signals that our club has been denouncing.”

Earlier in the day, the club’s president, Florentino Pérez, met with Vinicius Junior to talk about the actions Real were taking in repudiation of Sunday’s racist attacks. The leader filed a complaint with the Attorney General of Spain claiming that “the attacks constitute a hate crime”. The club demands that the facts be investigated and responsibilities established.

BRAZILIAN VIDEO

This Monday, the Brazilian striker published a long video on his social networks in which he presents a kind of compilation of several moments in which he was the target of racist attacks by fans, inside and outside stadiums in Spain.

With subtitles in Spanish and English, the video presents cases from September 2022, crossing the main cities of Spain, such as Barcelona, ​​Mallorca, Valencia and Madrid itself, where fans of rival Atlético hung a doll with its name, on a bridge, simulating hanging.

Finally, the video published on the Brazilian player’s social networks presents the following message: “Racism is a crime, not punishing is being an accomplice”.