The racist insults of which Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Ansu Fati were victims last Saturday in the Santiago Bernabéu classic have led to Ombudsmandirected by Ángel Gabilondo, to initiate an investigation before Anti-Violence, from which it requests information about the actions it has taken.
With this action, the institution wants to know the assessment of the State Commission against Violence, Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance regarding the possible adoption of additional measures to those provided for in the law, including possible proposals for the investigation of sanctioning files. .
This investigation joins another action opened by the Ombudsman who, in May 2023 after receiving several complaints, initiated proceedings before the Higher Sports Council for the racist insults received by Vinicius at Mestalla.
Already on Sunday, hours after the embarrassing images of the Paseo de la Castellana coliseum emerged, Real Madrid issued a statement with a strong condemnation of the events, announcing that it was already working to identify the authors of the racist insults during the classic and take measures both at club and judicial level against them.
The white club’s first reaction was later joined by condemnations from the RFEF and the CSD, which warned that it would immediately transfer the incidents to Anti-Violence. “The Higher Sports Council strongly condemns the racist incidents that occurred this Saturday at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, during the match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona,” the organization said.
“The CSD considers these behaviors inadmissible, which are far from the values of coexistence and respect inherent to sport, and for whose eradication the work of everyone and, especially, the collaboration of the clubs, is essential,” he explained.
“Racist insults are outside any framework of coexistence, and even more so, of sports practice,” added the RFEF.
Complaint from LaLiga and conviction of Vinicius
The clubs’ employers, LaLiga, were also very firm, announcing that they had filed a complaint about what happened at the Santiago Bernabéu during the Real Madrid-Barcelona dispute. Specifically, he reported the insults and racist gestures of several Real Madrid fans towards Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Ansu Fati, before the Hate Section of the Police Information Brigade.
In addition to these organizations, hours later and in response to his club’s statement, Vinícius, one of the main champions of the fight against racism in Spanish football, spoke. The Brazilian forward, leaving aside any sporting rivalry with the Barcelona players, published a forceful message on the social network X, formerly Twitter, to harshly criticize what happened during his team’s clash against Barça this weekend.
«What happened yesterday at the Bernabéu with racist insults is regrettable. There is no space for these criminals (sic) in our society,” Vinícius’ message begins. The Brazilian, a victim of insults of this type in several stadiums throughout Spain, sent all his “support to Lamine, Ansu and Raphinha”, affected this Saturday at the Santiago Bernabéu.
“I know that Madrid and the police are going to do things to identify and punish (sic) the culprits!!”, he concluded.
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