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Vinicius is the victim of a racist comment on a popular Spanish show
Vinicius was the victim of a racist comment on the well-known Spanish show El Chiringuito, in which the president of the Spanish Football Managers’ Association, Pedro Bravo, called him a “monkey”.
THE Vinicius He has scored four goals in five La Liga games and is Real’s top scorer in the league. One of the Brazilian’s characteristics is his jubilant dance every time he finds the back of the net.
That was also the reason why his name was mentioned in the well-known Spanish show El Chiringuito before Madrid’s derby in the Metropolitano with Atlético (18.9.) and Koke was invited to comment on it.
“If he scores a goal and decides to dance, there would definitely be a problem,” he said leader of the “Rojiblancos”, as such, would be viewed as provocative by fans of the team.
Then he spoke Pedro Bravo, O President of the Spanish Federation of Football Managers who said: “If you want to dance samba, you go to the Sambadrome, here you have to respect your colleagues and stop acting like a monkey.”
His statement quickly went viral and was branded as racist, quick to justify himself via his Twitter account: “I want to clarify that the term ‘monkeying’ that I mistakenly used to describe the Venus Dance was meant figuratively (‘doing bullshit’). Since I didn’t mean to offend anyone, I sincerely apologize. I am sorry.”
Following the incident, Vinicius received a surge of support on social media and Neymar took a stand, tweeting: “Baila, Vinnie” (=dance Vinnie).
Source: sport 24
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