Spain hosts Brazil at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Tuesday in a soccer friendly aimed at fighting racial abuse. The “One Skin” game was originally set up after Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior was targeted while playing for his club at Valencia last year.
FILE - Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during the La Liga soccer match between Valencia and Real Madrid at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Vinicius Junior clenched his right fist and raised it high above his head after scoring at Mestalla Stadium, posing for a moment so everyone could see him.
“We haven’t fully advanced,” said Esteban Ibarra, president of the Movement Against Intolerance, Racism and Xenophobia in Spain. “There was some response, but it wasn’t a significant step forward. In the end, if there still is a dominant feeling of impunity, the fans will keep acting the same way as before.
“I hope you have already thought about their punishment,” Vinícius said at the time on X, formerly Twitter, and tagged the Champions League and European soccer governing body UEFA. “It’s a sad reality that happens even in games where I’m not present!” There was some movement in the cases against fans accused of insulting Vinícius last year, including the four hardcore Atletico fans who allegedly hanged an effigy of the player off a highway bridge in Madrid.
The Spanish government has highlighted the work of a permanent committee set up to fight violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sports.
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