Vinicius Júnior is during the Clásico between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid (1-2) was treated racist again. The Brazilian attacker often has to deal with such gestures or texts, This was also the case last week in the match against Sevilla. FC Barcelona has indicated that it will investigate the events.
While last week it was a man at Seville who made monkey gestures towards Vinicius Júnior and several videos of racist slogans circulated on social media, today it was a journalist from the Spanish newspaper Marca who recorded the behavior. The video shows a fan shouting ‘puto mono’ (mono means monkey), according to the journalist towards the Brazilian striker of Real Madrid.
Barcelona have said they are investigating ‘any racist expression that may have occurred during the match against Real Madrid’. La Liga has told Spanish media that the racist insults have been ‘noticed’ and that they are working together to file a possible complaint.
Vinicius was also repeatedly the target of racism during matches last season. The player reported an incident ten times to La Liga. The fast attacker is in charge of a special committee of world football association FIFA that wants to eliminate racism in football and will propose stricter penalties for discriminatory behavior.
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