Real Madrid reports racist insults against Vini Jr. to the Attorney General's Office.

Real Madrid “expresses its most vehement repudiation and condemns yesterday's events against our player Vinicius Junior”, said the Merengue club in a statement.

The club considers that “such attacks constitute a hate crime, which is why it presented the corresponding complaint to the State Attorney General's Office, specifically to the Prosecutor's Office to combat hate crimes and discrimination, so that the facts can be investigated and responsibilities can be determined. ”.

The players' union AFE, alongside the Movement Against Intolerance association, also reported the offenses to the Prosecutor's Office.

“The two organizations, in line with open collaboration, completely reject the unacceptable behavior of some fans, understanding that it is necessary to act now, and forcefully, in the face of such serious events that, unfortunately, are not isolated”, stated the union in an announcement.

“Both the government and the Attorney General’s Office can and must act immediately on this issue to adopt the necessary measures in the face of such serious events”, adds the AFE note.

On Sunday, during Real Madrid's defeat to Valencia, Vinicius was called a 'monkey' by fans.

“It wasn’t the first time, nor the second nor the third. Racism is normal in La Liga. The competition thinks it's normal, the Federation does too and the opponents encourage it”, reacted the Brazilian on social media.

“Strong response”

The Spanish government called for a “forceful response” after the attacks suffered by the Brazilian attacker.

“The institutions that have to take care of the proper functioning of football (…) must be much more forceful with this type of case and when we have a group of fans hurling racist insults against a player, obviously what must be done is a forceful response” , declared the Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón.

The second vice-president of the Spanish government, Yolanda Díaz, stated that “racist screams in football stadiums do not represent our country, any football fan. We will continue working to end racism.”

'I will go all the way against racists', says Vini Jr. after another case of racism in football

Football player Vinicius Jr., who plays as a striker for Real Madrid, took a stand against yet another racist attack he received this Sunday (21) during the Spanish Championship. Vini Jr. was called a “monkey” by Spanish fans and ended up being sent off at the end of the match against Valencia.

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