February 8 – La Liga has filed a complaint with a local court in Mallorca over the racist abuse targeted at Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior.
At least one fan could be heard shouting racist abuse at Vinicius in footage from Mallorca’s 1-0 win over Real on Sunday, leading to the sixth complaint made by La Liga for “racist insults or chants” against Vinicius.
Three have been shelved by prosecutors but two others are still being processed in Valladolid and Madrid.
“La Liga has been fighting against this kind of behaviour for years, as well as promoting the positive values of sport, not only on the field of play, but also off it,” La Liga said in a statement.
Real coach Carlo Ancelotti says there is a wider problem of racist abuse in Spanish football.
“The question I ask is this: What is the problem?” said Ancelotti, ahead of Wednesday’s Club World Cup semi-final against Egyptian side Al Ahly.
“Vinicius? Vinicius’ team-mates? What does Vinicius have to defend himself against? What do his team-mates have to defend themselves against? I don’t know.
“It seems like the problem is Vinicius, but the problem is what happens around him. Period.
“It is a problem of Spanish football. I am a part of Spanish football and I think it’s a problem that we have to solve. Because it seems that Vinicius is the culprit, but he is the victim of something that I don’t understand.”
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