Numerous celebrities have spoken out in support of Vinicius Jr., a 22-year-old Brazilian Real Madrid player who has endured unending racial taunts after being subjected to them during a match against Valencia.
Real Madrid has now filed a hate crime complaint.
Among these celebrities is Surfinh champion Gabriel Medina, the Brazilian football legend Ronaldo, Formula One icon Lewis Hamilton, Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr, Argentinian player Paulo Dybala, former American football player Tom Brady and many more.
Former Real Madrid player, Gareth Bale posted a picture of him with Vini Jr with the caption “Racism has no place in football or society! Laliga needs to take serious and inequivalent action to stop this from happening.”
As for the Juventus player, Paul Pogba, his post said “Who protects us? It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last time either… If the institution don’t want to find a real solution, let’s try to do it by ourselves.”
On the other hand, the player subjected to the mass hate and racism, Vinicius, posted a video on Instagram showing the various instances in which he was called a monkey in stadiums, chants saying that he should die, and more.
In a long caption denouncing the ruthless acts, Vinicius Jr said that “This isn’t football, this is inhuman.”
FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino also expressed his support for the player and said “Full solidarity to Vinicius. There is no place for racism in football or in society and FIFA stands by all players who have found themselves in such a situation.”
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