MADRID : Real Madrid have lodged a hate crime complaint with Spanish prosecutors over racist chants hurled at Brazilian player Vinicius Jr during Sunday's match at Valencia's Mestalla stadium, the club said in a statement on Monday.'Real Madrid C.F. shows its strongest rejection and condemns the events th
MADRID : Real Madrid have lodged a hate crime complaint with Spanish prosecutors over racist chants hurled at Brazilian player Vinicius Jr during Sunday's match at Valencia's Mestalla stadium, the club said in a statement on Monday.
"Real Madrid C.F. shows its strongest rejection and condemns the events that occurred yesterday against our player Vinicius Jr," it said. The attacks, in its view,"constitute a hate crime" for which the club has filed a complaint with the State Attorney General's Office, the club said. Separately, the Movement Against Intolerance and the Association of Spanish Soccer Players said in a joint statement they had also filed a complaint with the same prosecutor's office, citing racial slurs against the Black player.
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