Three Valencia followers sentenced to eight months in jail for racist insults to Vinicius

Three followers of the Valencia They had been sentenced to eight months in jail and a two-year ban by the Courtroom of Valencia for having addressed racist insults to the Brazilian striker of Actual Madrid Vinicius Junior on the event of the championship match performed at Mestalla final 12 months.

Vinicius, all these racist insults are a glimpse into horror: that is why we should unmask the perpetrators

by Maurizio Crosetti

24 Maggio 2023

Letter of Apology

In a press release, the Actual Madrid welcomed the conviction, the “first for acts of this nature” in Spain, in response to the membership, which added that the three followers had “made public a letter of apology addressed” to the 23-year-old striker.

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Vinicius: “For all blacks”

Vinicius’ remark arrived by way of social media. “This primary historic conviction (…)

It is not for me, it is for all black individuals. Let different racists be afraid, ashamed or conceal,” wrote the Actual Madrid participant. “If not, I will be there to demand justice. Many individuals requested me to disregard them, others mentioned my battle was in useless and that I ought to simply ‘play soccer’.”

The info

On Might 21, 2023, Vinicius was greeted by cries of “monkey” upon his arrival on the Valencia stadium. In the course of the match, he was verbally abused by followers. Three days later, the Spanish police introduced the arrest of three followers aged between 18 and 21, due to the collaboration of Valencia. The disciplinary fee determined to sanction Valencia with the partial closure of the stadium for 5 matches and a high quality of 45,000 euros. It additionally canceled the pink card proven to Vinicius proper on the finish of the match.

Tebas: “The decision is nice information”

For the president of the Liga, Javier Tebas“this sentence is nice information for the battle in opposition to racism in Spain” as a result of “it repairs the injury suffered by Vinicius Jr. and sends a transparent message to individuals who go to the stadium to insult that LaLiga will establish them, report them and there shall be legal penalties for such acts”.