Vinicius: Real Madrid Star Dedicates Last Gasp Winning Goal to Racially Abused Brazilian

• Vinicius Junior received love and support from his Real Madrid teammates
• One of his teammates, Rodrygo Goes, went a step higher with his solidarity for his Brazilian compatriot
• Rodrygo produced a match-winning performance in Real's 2-1 win over Rayo Vallecano

Rodrygo Goes has dedicated his last-gasp winner against Rayo Vallecano to Vinicius Junior in the latter's fight against racism and discrimination.

Vini has been on the receiving end of a series of racial abuse incidents throughout the season, and recently suffered a similar attack at Valencia's Mestalla Stadium at the weekend.

Since then, there has been a tremendous outpouring of support from the football community and the world at large for the Real Madrid winger, with calls for more stringent measures to combat the canker of racism in the sport, particularly in Spain.

His teammates joined hands with the world in showing solidarity for the Brazilian. Players of Real Madrid stepped out at the Bernabeu in No. 20 shirts - Vini's squad number - ahead of their La Liga match against Rayo Vallecano, which ended in a 2-1 win for Madrid, per Eurosport.

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In the said encounter, Rodrygo, who scored the late winner for Los Blancos, dedicated his goal to his compatriot.

“It was a goal for my brother, for Vini. We’re always together, we have experienced many things, and we have already won everything with this club. I’m always by his side till the end, he already knows that, and we will continue fighting against racism,” he said, as quoted by Madrid Zone.

Despite being cleared to play the Vallecano game after La Liga reversed his red card against Valencia, Vinicius was omitted from Carlo Ancelotti's squad for the mid-week clash.

Tebas apologises to Vinicius

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that La Liga president, Javier Tebas has realised he was wrong for criticising Vinicius Junior, after the Real Madrid forward voiced his frustrations in a tweet after being racially abused.

The La Liga chief faced heavy backlash from the football community after he appeared to slam Vini for 'failing to inform himself properly'. This was after the forward posted a message outlining the abuse he regularly receives at stadiums across Spain.

Tebas has now tendered an apology to Vinicius, as he revealed he had no intentions of attacking the Brazilian forward.