The City Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into an alleged ‘hate crime’ of which Vinicius was allegedly the victim, during his team’s loss on Sunday against Valencia in the 35th stage of La Liga, and sparked reactions condemning the world entire.
Junior accuses La Liga and Spain of racism after being abused from the stands in the loss to Valencia at the Mestalla stadium on Sunday.
Vinicius faced the fans who attacked him, and the game stopped for 10 minutes, then he faced Valencia players and was sent off in the second half.
Vinicius wrote on Twitter after the match: “It was not the first, second or third time. Racism is usual in the Spanish League. The competition management considers it normal. The Spanish Federation considers it as normal and the competitors encourage it.”
He added: “The championship used to belong to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi, and today it belongs to the racists,” as Reuters quoted him.
He went on to say: “A beautiful country, it welcomed me and I loved it, but it accepted to export the image of the racist state to the world. I’m sorry for the Spaniards who don’t disagree with me, but today in Brazil Spain has become known as a country of racists.”
“I am strong and I will go all the way to fight racism, even if the road is long,” he said.
La Liga said they would request all available footage to investigate the incident.
“If we identify a hate crime, we will take appropriate legal action,” she added in a statement, according to Reuters.
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