The club admits that it will be difficult to identify the individual, as he could be a guest of a sponsor.
FC Barcelona remains firm in its complaint of the incident, while LaLiga will take it before the Prosecutor’s Office
One of the saddest episodes that occurred in the last classic played in Montjuïc was the one in which some fans, counted, launched a series of racist insults towards Vinicius. The moment was reported by the newspaper ‘Marca’, which also reported the throwing of a banana, although it looked more like a piece of cardboard that had been used to make the mosaic before the start of the match.
FC Barcelona reacted quickly and was forceful. “FC Barcelona will always defend the values of football and sport such as respect for rivals. For this reason, it will investigate any racist insult that may have occurred this afternoon during the match against Real Madrid.”
According to Barça club sources, the investigation continues and the club will try to go to the end, although They admit that it may be difficult to find the entity of the person shown in the images calling Vinicius “Fucking monkey, fucking monkey.” The reason is that everything indicates that he is not a member of Barça and that he could be a person invited by one of the club’s sponsors..
The league
What is clear is that LaLiga will report these insults to the Prosecutor’s Office, as it has done after all the games in which racist insults are detected. He already did it after Sevilla-Real Madrid and is currently collecting information about what happened at the Olímpic Lluís Companys.