Actual Madrid took an enormous step in direction of qualifying for the Spherical of 16 of the UEFA Champions League with their win over RB Salzburg earlier this week.
Their home rivals Barcelona and Atletico Madrid additionally received their respective video games and each look properly positioned to qualify straight for the Spherical of 16 with top-8 finishes.
Whereas the Catalans prevailed over Benfica, Los Rojiblancos received their sport over Bayer Leverkusen at Civitas Metropolitano and the ambiance on the evening had some troubling developments in keeping with .
Vinicius the goal
As relayed by the Spanish outlet, the South finish of the Madrid-based stadium noticed Atletico Madrid followers goal racist chants in direction of Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Jr, who was not even taking part in on the venue on the evening.
Clips of the chants have gone viral on social media, sparking outrage over the Brazilian being focused repeatedly with such retrogressive discrimination. What was extra triggering was the truth that the chants included him being known as a ‘chimp*****’.
The Metropolitano has all the time remained a and there are numerous episodes of him going through racial slurs on the venue throughout Madrid derbies.
Whereas the fervour for a derby fixture is comprehensible, the occasions which have unfolded at Civitas Metropolitano in recent times together with the focused abuse and Vinicius requires concern.
It stays to be seen how Actual Madrid take this case ahead and whether or not UEFA impose any punishment on Atletico Madrid for a similar.
There is no such thing as a room for racism within the lovely sport and such cases of the retrogressive practive should not be left unpunished.
Vinicius has stood because the torchbearer of the anti-racist motion in soccer and it will likely be attention-grabbing to see if the participant points any assertion on the identical.
