Incredible interview that Relevo published these days on the subject of racism in Spanish football. Former president of the Valencia club, Paco Roig makes scandalous remarks about Real Madrid and Vinicius Jr in particular. Before there were no problems of this type, or I did not notice them. Romario was half black and he did not have problems… »
The initial premise was promising, and the outcome is obviously quite catastrophic. I call Real Madrid, Real Immigrants. In Madrid there are eight blacks, two white foreigners and a Spaniard, Carvajal. And there is this Vinicius ” thunders the 85-year-old man, who seems to justify his racism with a shaky anecdote.
“Vinicius is a piece of sh*t”
A version of events that is much watered down, of the racist insults that Vinicius had suffered at the Mestalla stadium, the home of Valencia CF, from three hotheads in particular, who had admitted the facts as soon as they were caught by the patrol. That day I was in Mestalla with my grandson and my sonsays Roig.
I said to my grandson, “Alfonsito, what are they saying?” And he said, “They’re calling him an idiot.” I thought they were calling him a monkey. But they weren’t. Vinicius may be a great player, and I think he is, but he’s a piece of shit as a person. »
Asked about the issue of racism in Spain this Monday as part of the Europa Forum, La Liga president Javier Tebas reacted as follows: ” Even if Vinicius behaved more appropriately, he would still be the target of attacks because he is a leader against racism. We do not want stadiums that insult. (…) There is a fact: since the Vinicius incident in Valencia, the collaboration of spectators around the stadium is much greater than before. This was not the case before. Even if Spain is not racist, there are behaviors and we must get involved in this type of campaign. »
