Spanish membership Real Madrid introduced Friday that it had filed a criticism relating to the racist insults made towards Vinicius Junior earlier than Atletico Madrid and Barcelona’s midweek Champions League matches. “Real Madrid C. F. has filed a complaint with the Official State Prosecutor over hate and discrimination offences pertaining to the racist and hateful abuse aimed at our player Vinicius Junior,” stated the membership in an official announcement. “Real Madrid condemns these violent attacks of racism, discrimination and hate… which have sadly been a recurrent and ongoing concern for some time.”

The criticism comes within the wake of movies on social media displaying racist chants aimed toward Vinicius by Atletico Madrid followers exterior the Metropolitano Stadium earlier than Wednesday’s Champions League match towards Inter Milan.

On Thursday, the 23-year-old referred to as on the Champions League and European soccer’s governing physique UEFA to take motion towards the supporters.

“It’s a sad reality that happens even during matches where I am not present,” Vinicius added within the message posted on X.

Real allege that comparable abuse may be heard “in the areas surrounding the Montjuic Olympic Stadium” forward of Barcelona’s dwelling Champions League tie with Napoli on Tuesday.

The membership stated that it had requested safety footage from the 2 places be assessed to be able to determine the perpetrators.

Vinicius has confronted racial abuse since he joined Real in 2018, with the newest incident coming shortly after a special video appeared to point out a fan making racist insults in direction of Vinicius throughout a match towards Valencia on March 3.

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