“Spain is not a racist country, but it has racist behavior.” Countless examples run through Mestalla this Monday. vinicius He became the victim of a new case of racism in Spanish football. These behaviors increasing in recent yearsespecially because of the pandemic, social networksanonymity and impunity perpetrators before institutions that did not act by force.
HE spanish football He confronts his dark side once again. And the world of football, both inside and outside its borders Young Vinicius and his fight against racism in LaLiga.
Brazilian football player real Madrid He received hundreds of statements of support from great personalities on and off the field. Like his professional colleagues, his teammates wanted to leave a message of support for the striker on their social networks. Kylian Mbappe, Ronaldo Nazario, Neymar, Rio Ferdinand or Balde inside Vinicius’ statement on Instagram.
This Fifa and its president, Gianni InfantinoThey also left their messages on their social networks. “All our solidarity with Vinicius. There is no place for racism in football and society.. What happened in the Valencia-Real Madrid game shows how important this fight is.”
It’s a damn tradition
“But why are these cases happening in Vinicius, RodrigoAt the same time black?”, she wonders Alberto Ejogo, former football players and DAZN commentators. “Well, because all these situations arise out of a conflict. Vinicius is a football threat speechwith his goals and dribbles. He dives into all the puddles, vents all his emotions, and rival fans may not like it. Behavior like yours could be interpreted as disrespect.”
The football world moves at its own pace and there is “enough” corporate laziness with racism”, sentence Esteban IbarraHead of the Movement Against Intolerance and member of the Observatory on Violence, Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Sport, part of the Supreme Sports Council’s Commission on Combating Violence. The Vinicius case is another example, he claims, because we find ourselves in a climate of “complaining one after another for years”.
“Later covidWe noticed that we detected a lot of activity. ultras and when the competitions start again, tribunes would be full of people engaging in this type of behavior. Although many fans yell, the pioneers are usually ultra bands and they eventually impress other fans as well. Ultras reorganized social networks. And now they’re enjoying anonymity. They communicate, they warm up, they give instructions… perfectly coordinated. Organizations formed by 300 subjects, not the sum of 300 independent individuals,” Ibarra analyzes.
Open bar insults in stadium
Despite this repetition of cases, especially in past seasons, total number less by the turn of the century. that’s how he remembers education On his time as a player: “I lived in the 2000s playing, I saw him on the second and third courts, and now things are so loose. I don’t know because? They have camera phones and they get you right away. or because it’s more common to have someone in your rationalized environment? It’s true that the tempo drops, but when you do, they catch you better.”
“People try to justify some monkey cries because a man is rude on the field.. I don’t agree”, critic Edjogo. communication ships between football and society, this is indisputable. The people who live in the community are the ones who fill the stands of the stadiums every weekend, that’s why we want it. Linking these behaviors to sports and not to individuals”ridiculous”, according to exfutbolista. “This is a social issue, not football. The stadium is an oasis for rude people. You can do anything, that’s allowed. These are things you can’t do in everyday life. When you go to the grocery store, you can’t constantly insult someone, but you can do it in a field”.
Stadium is an oasis for rude people
HE no right to insult and in this case, it hurts Vinicius because of racism. “As long as we don’t fix this problem, it won’t be just football problems, we will carry it home, to work and to daily life”, x-ray and remember just a complaint In recent months, 60 percent of racism cases in football have taken legal action: Inaki Williams at RCDE Stadium.
“Spain is not a racist country, but it has racist behavior.” Countless examples run through Mestalla this Monday. vinicius He became the victim of a new case of racism in Spanish football. These behaviors increasing in recent yearsespecially because of the pandemic, social networksanonymity and impunity perpetrators before institutions that did not act by force.
HE spanish football He confronts his dark side once again. And the world of football, both inside and outside its borders Young Vinicius and his fight against racism in LaLiga.
Brazilian football player real Madrid He received hundreds of statements of support from great personalities on and off the field. Like his professional colleagues, his teammates wanted to leave a message of support for the striker on their social networks. Kylian Mbappe, Ronaldo Nazario, Neymar, Rio Ferdinand or Balde inside Vinicius’ statement on Instagram.
This Fifa and its president, Gianni InfantinoThey also left their messages on their social networks. “All our solidarity with Vinicius. There is no place for racism in football and society.. What happened in the Valencia-Real Madrid game shows how important this fight is.”
It’s a damn tradition
“But why are these cases happening in Vinicius, RodrigoAt the same time black?”, she wonders Alberto Ejogo, former football players and DAZN commentators. “Well, because all these situations arise out of a conflict. Vinicius is a football threat speechwith his goals and dribbles. He dives into all the puddles, vents all his emotions, and rival fans may not like it. Behavior like yours could be interpreted as disrespect.”
The football world moves at its own pace and there is “enough” corporate laziness with racism”, sentence Esteban IbarraHead of the Movement Against Intolerance and member of the Observatory on Violence, Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Sport, part of the Supreme Sports Council’s Commission on Combating Violence. The Vinicius case is another example, he claims, because we find ourselves in a climate of “complaining one after another for years”.
“Later covidWe noticed that we detected a lot of activity. ultras and when the competitions start again, tribunes would be full of people engaging in this type of behavior. Although many fans yell, the pioneers are usually ultra bands and they eventually impress other fans as well. Ultras reorganized social networks. And now they’re enjoying anonymity. They communicate, they warm up, they give instructions… perfectly coordinated. Organizations formed by 300 subjects, not the sum of 300 independent individuals,” Ibarra analyzes.
Open bar insults in stadium
Despite this repetition of cases, especially in past seasons, total number less by the turn of the century. that’s how he remembers education On his time as a player: “I lived in the 2000s playing, I saw him on the second and third courts, and now things are so loose. I don’t know because? They have camera phones and they get you right away. or because it’s more common to have someone in your rationalized environment? It’s true that the tempo drops, but when you do, they catch you better.”
“People try to justify some monkey cries because a man is rude on the field.. I don’t agree”, critic Edjogo. communication ships between football and society, this is indisputable. The people who live in the community are the ones who fill the stands of the stadiums every weekend, that’s why we want it. Linking these behaviors to sports and not to individuals”ridiculous”, according to exfutbolista. “This is a social issue, not football. The stadium is an oasis for rude people. You can do anything, that’s allowed. These are things you can’t do in everyday life. When you go to the grocery store, you can’t constantly insult someone, but you can do it in a field”.
Stadium is an oasis for rude people
HE no right to insult and in this case, it hurts Vinicius because of racism. “As long as we don’t fix this problem, it won’t be just football problems, we will carry it home, to work and to daily life”, x-ray and remember just a complaint In recent months, 60 percent of racism cases in football have taken legal action: Inaki Williams at RCDE Stadium.