Shield of protection on Vinicius Jr. and any other downed players victim of a racist attack in LaLiga Carlo Ancelotti rose. The Real coach expressed his anger at the ongoing cases, with the latest in his team’s clash with Valencia at the Mestalla yesterday.
“I’m thinking about replacing a player because of racism, it’s never happened to me. What happened has already happened to us, but not in this way. It is unacceptable. LaLiga has a problem with racism. And the problem is not Vinicius. Vinicius is the victim. But there is a very serious problem“, said the Italian technician characteristically.
Ancelotti heard the stadium chanting “monkey” in Spanish, but a reporter told him at the press conference that the crowd was actually chanting “tonto”, meaning “fool”. An explanation that did not convince Ancelotti: “Why do you think the referee stopped the match? Because the audience was shouting “idiot” at Vinicius? No. The referee stopped the match for applying the racism protocol».
Around the 70th minute of the match, Vinicius pointed out a fan and then the players went to report the events to the referee. “I asked him if he wanted to keep playing, and he wanted to. The referee told me that he also had to continue and that he would apply the protocol if the incident happened again. It happened again, because when he sent him off with a red card, the whole stadium started chanting “monkey, monkey”. This cannot continue. I am very sadAncelotti pointed out.
Source: Sport Fm
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