{"id":3546,"date":"2023-10-22T12:59:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/3546\/vinicius-junior-praises-sevilla-for\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T23:21:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T20:21:48","slug":"vinicius-junior-praises-sevilla-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=3546","title":{"rendered":"Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior praises Sevilla for ejecting fan for racial abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior praises Sevilla for ejecting fan for racial abuse\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<p>Alex Kirkland<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Rodrigo Faez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"timestamp \">October 22, 2023, 12:12 a.m.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior praised Sevilla for acting quickly after the club&#8217;s expulsion and reported a fan to authorities for racist abuse against the <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/3958\/real-madrids-fiery-draw-dissecting\/\">Real Madrid striker during Saturday&#8217;s 1-1 La Liga draw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Footage showed a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/man\/\"   title=\"man\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">man<\/a> making a racist gesture towards Vin\u00edcius after the Brazil international was involved in a confrontation with Sevilla players in the 86th minute at the S\u00e1nchez Pizjuan Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Vin\u00edcius has repeatedly been the target of racist insults from opposition supporters and testified earlier this month in the trial of three Valencia fans accused of racist violence against him during a match in may.<\/p>\n<p>Sevilla announced shortly after Saturday&#8217;s match that &#8220;a member of the public had been identified, removed from the stadium and handed over to judicial authorities&#8221; after the club detected &#8220;xenophobic and racist behavior&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe individual will also be subject to the club\u2019s rigorous internal disciplinary protocols and will have their membership revoked,\u201d Sevilla said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSevilla FC condemns any racist and xenophobic behavior and will work closely with the authorities to ensure action is taken accordingly. This behavior has no place at Sevilla FC.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Vinicius Junior was subjected to racist abuse on several occasions while playing for Real Madrid. <cite>Joaqu\u00edn Corchero\/Europa Press via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Later on Saturday, Vin\u00edcius responded to the incident on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The player also said he saw a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/video\/\"   title=\"video\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">video<\/a> \u2014 which his representatives shared with ESPN \u2014 that showed another young fan racially insulting him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Sevilla for acting quickly and for punishment in another sad episode for Spanish <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a>,\u201d Vin\u00edcius said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, I have access to a video of another racist act during Saturday&#8217;s match, this time committed by a child. It&#8217;s so sad that there is no one to educate her. I&#8217;m investing and I invest a lot in education in Brazil to train citizens with different attitudes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The face of today&#8217;s racist has been published on websites as on several other occasions,&#8221; he said.  \u201cI hope that the Spanish authorities will do their part and make changes to the legislation once and for all. These people must also be punished criminally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would be an excellent first step to prepare for the 2030 World Cup [that Spain will co-host].  I&#8217;m here to help.  Sorry to sound repetitive, but this is episode number 19. And it counts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LaLiga has documented and reported eight incidents of racist abuse targeting Vinicius during the 2022-23 season, including that at Mestalla.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a number of cases, local prosecutors chose not to file charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no place for racist or hateful behavior in sport,\u201d the league said on social media on Saturday.  \u201cLALIGA vehemently condemns any racist acts and will continue to work to eradicate this inexcusable behavior from our sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior praises Sevilla for ejecting fan for racial abuse\u060c Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez October 22, 2023, 12:12 a.m. Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior praised Sevilla for acting quickly after the club&#8217;s expulsion and reported a fan to authorities for racist abuse against the Real Madrid striker during Saturday&#8217;s 1-1 La Liga draw. Footage showed a man making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3166,3164,97,2358,3162,3165,3163,3161],"class_list":["post-3546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-abuse","tag-ejecting","tag-fan","tag-junior","tag-praises","tag-racial","tag-sevilla","tag-vinicius"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3546"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8077,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions\/8077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}