La Liga Open Investigation After Mallorca Supporters Racially Abuse Vinicius Junior

La Liga Open Investigation After Mallorca Supporters Racially Abuse Vinicius Junior

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:25 PM
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  • Vinicius Junior has been constantly targeted by racist supporters during his time as a Real Madrid player
  • La Liga have promised to investigate Mallorca supporters after some fans were heard calling Vini a monkey
  • Carlo Ancelotti has called for more protection to be afforded to Vini as opposition players target him

La Liga have once again announced that they will investigate racial abuse levelled at Vinicius Juniors.

The Real Madrid attacker was targeted by fans and players of Mallorca during Los Blancos' last fixture.

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Vinicius Junior is hoping and praying that La Liga's investigation into the racist abuse against him will bring some justice. Image: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno
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An investigation into the matter

As noted by Managing Madrid, the league will conduct an investigation into who was responsible for racist chants heard within the stadium. La Liga has previously opened investigations into other incidents of racism directed at the player, but none of these investigations have produced any results as yet.

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Racist chants inside the stadium

Mallorca fans mocked the player after the game, calling him an idiot and a big mouth. But as The Guardian reported, fans were also heard calling the player a monkey during the game.

More action against racists

Vini previously accused La Liga of doing little to solve the issue, and he's not the only one.

Former French international, Lilian Thuram said that Vinicius needed to be respected more, Marca reported, while Carlo Ancelotti also called for the player to be protected more as opposition players constantly try to antagonise him.

Mallorca fans insult Vinicius

Vinicius Junior has once again been targeted by opposition supporters.

The Real Madrid attacker was signing autographs when Mallorca fans hurled insults at him.

As reported by Sports Brief earlier, fans called the Brazilian a big mouth and an idiot, while also praising the players who fouled him during the game.

Atletico fans' revolting racist action

Sports Brief also reported that some fans of Atletico Madrid have taken a revolting dig at Vinicius Junior.

Fans hung a mannequin with the player's shirt from a bridge before the Madrid derby in the Spanish Supercopa.

The incident caused an uproar before the game, but Vinicius scored a late goal as Real knocked their city rivals out of the tournament.

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Byron Pillay
Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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