Saturday’s El Clasico showdown, which ended in a 4-0 victory for Barcelona, was overshadowed by racist incidents. Lamine Yamal was targeted upon scoring the Catalans’ third goal at the Santiago Bernabeu, and later on, it was also confirmed that Lamine Yamal, Alejandro Balde and Ansu Fati were also subjected to abuse.
Vinicius Junior, who himself has been targeted by racist abuse on several occasions in the last few years, has taken to X to address the situation. He has given his support to the Barcelona players affected, while also placing his trust in those that will find the people responsible for the reprehensible insults.
“It’s regrettable what happened yesterday at the Bernabeu with racist insults. There is no place for these criminals in our society. All my support to Lamine, Ansu and Raphinha. I know that Real Madrid and the police will do things to identify and punish those responsible!!”
Lamentable lo que ha pasado ayer en Bernabéu con insultos racistas. No hay espacio para estos criminosos en nuestra sociedad. Todo mi apoyo a Lamine, Ansu y Raphinha. Lo sé que Madrid y la policia van hacer las cosas para identificar y punir los culpables!! https://t.co/pG2FXsMjDn
— Vini Jr. (@vinijr) October 27, 2024
Recently, Vinicius called for Spain to be stripped of its hosting rights if its racism problem did not improve. This latest incident shows that there is still a long way to go before things start to get better.
