Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior was sent off against Valencia for the second time in three years at the Mestalla on Friday night, with the first match heavily marked by racial abuse from the Brazilian. Now the club channel for Los Blancos has found footage where it seems he suffered more racism.
Vinicius was sent off for pushing the Valencia goalkeeper in the face, but at no point was there any suggestion of racial abuse, nor did La Liga or the broadcast cameras catch any racial slurs. The Mestalla crowd chanted “idiot” and “beach dance” at Vinicius.
However, Real Madrid TV showed footage from YouTube channels La Nave del Madridismo and Fanaticos Real Madrid where they can be heard shouting “monkey”, “f***ing black” and “f***ing monkey”, as and informed by Relief. This footage has yet to be verified, neither the RFEF nor the League have yet addressed it. Real Madrid has not presented the evidence to the governing bodies.
Vinicius has suffered appalling racial abuse on numerous occasions in recent years, despite increasing severity and regularity in terms of punishments for racist abuse. The Brazilian has led the charge against racism in Spanish football, but it is said admitted to have happened on Friday, although not because of racial abuse, as far as is known.
