‘League belongs to racists’

Viniacutecius Junior was subjected to racist abuse yet again with the Brazil star saying the Spanish league ldquonow belongs to racistsrdquoThe latest abuse against Viniacutecius came in Real Madridrsquos 10 loss at Valencia a match that had to be temporarily stopped after the Brazil forward said he was insulted by a fan behind one of the goals at Mestalla StadiumldquoIt wasnrsquot the first time or the second or the third Racism is normal in LaLiga The competition thinks itrsquos normal as does the federation and the opponents encourage itrdquo Viniacutecius said on Instagram and Twitter ldquoThe league that once belonged to Ronaldinho Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi now belongs to racists But Irsquom strong and I will fight until the end against the racists Even if far from hererdquoThe 22yearold Viniacutecius who is darkskinned has been subjected to racist abuse since moving to Spain five years agoReal Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti considered replacing the star forward after Viniacutecius said fans at Mestalla chanted ldquomonkeyrdquo toward him He said Viniacutecius initially didnrsquot want to continue playingldquoWhat happened today shouldnrsquot happenrdquo Ancelotti said ldquoWhen a stadium yells lsquomonkeyrsquo to a player and the coach considers taking him out of the field because of that it means that there is something bad in this leaguerdquoThe veteran coach refused to talk about the game after what happened saying his teamrsquos loss meant nothinglsquoGame shouldrsquove stoppedrsquoldquoThe game should have been stoppedrdquo Ancelotti said ldquoThis shouldnrsquot happen It wasnrsquot only one person as it has happened in several stadiums Here it was a stadium racially insulting a player the game had to stop I would have said the same thing if it was 30 for us You have to stop the game there was no way around itrdquoAncelotti said he asked the referee to stop the match but was told that the protocol was to first make an announcement to fans then take other action if the problem continuedMbappe in supportParis SaintGermain striker Kylian Mbappe sent a message of support to fellow forward Viniacutecius Junior after the Real Madrid player was subjected to racist abuse rdquoYou are not alone We are with you and we support yourdquo Mbappe wrote on InstagramMeanwhile Brazilrsquos President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told a news conference in Japan on the sidelines of a G7 meeting that he hopes FIFA the Spanish League and other football bodies ldquotake measures so we donrsquot allow racism and fascism to take overrdquo the sportldquoIt is not fair that a poor boy who is winning in his life becoming one of the best in the world certainly the best at Real Madrid is insulted in every stadium he goes tordquo Lula saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever