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Vinicius Junior<\/strong><\/p>\nSeven people have been arrested in connection with two separate racist incidents involving the Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior, Spanish police said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Three of the arrests \u2014 in Valencia \u2014 were related to racist abuse aimed at Vinicius during Madrid\u2019s LaLiga defeat at Mestalla on Sunday. Four arrests in Madrid involve the hanging of a mannequin wearing a Vinicius shirt from a bridge near Real Madrid\u2019s training ground in January.<\/p>\n
The abuse suffered by Vinicius at Mestalla has sparked a global outcry, especially in Brazil, where politicians, including President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, players and clubs have come out in support of the player, criticising the handling of racism in Spanish football.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s game stopped for almost 10 minutes when Vinicius identified a Valencia fan behind the goal as having racially abused him, while videos on social media showed fans abusing the Brazil international before and during the match.<\/p>\n
The lights on Rio de Janeiro\u2019s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue were switched off for an hour on Monday in a display of solidarity with the player.<\/p>\n
The bridge incident occurred in January, ahead of the Copa del Rey match between Real Madrid and local rivals Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n
A banner with the words \u201cMadrid hates Real\u201d \u2014 a slogan associated with a group of Atletico\u2019s hardcore ultras \u2014 was displayed alongside the dummy, before the quarterfinal game at the Bernabeu.<\/p>\n
In a social media post on Sunday, Vinicius said that \u201cracism is normal in LaLiga\u201d and \u201cthe championship that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi, today belongs to racists.\u201d<\/p>\n
LaLiga have now reported a total of 10 cases involving racist abuse aimed at Vinicius to prosecutors over the past two seasons, including the mannequin hung from the bridge and Sunday\u2019s events at Mestalla.<\/p>\n
Atletico Madrid described the bridge incident as \u201crepugnant\u201d and \u201cunacceptable\u201d in a statement published after it happened.<\/p>\n
It followed a group of Atletico fans being filmed directing racist abuse at Vinicius outside their Metropolitano stadium ahead of the previous derby with Madrid in September.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors chose not to press charges in that case, arguing that the chanting, while \u201cunpleasant\u201d and \u201cdisrespectful,\u201d lasted \u201ca few seconds\u201d and did not constitute a criminal offence.<\/p>\n
Speaking in his news conference on Tuesday, Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said he is confident Vinicius will remain at the club despite the racism he has suffered this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cVinicius loves Real Madrid. His love for Real Madrid is big,\u201d Ancelotti said. \u201cHe wants to have his career here and play for this team\u2026 He knows his future has to be here.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of things go through people\u2019s heads in these moments but his idea isn\u2019t [leaving], he wants to play for Real Madrid.\u201d<\/p>\n
LaLiga said in a statement on Tuesday that it felt \u201cimpotent\u201d to tackle the issue while Spanish legislation limited its actions to merely detecting and reporting racist incidents.<\/p>\n
\u201cLaLiga is extremely frustrated by the lack of sanctions and convictions by sporting disciplinary bodies, public administrations and the jurisdictional bodies to which complaints are made,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The federation can cancel a match if racist insults continue after a 10-minute period in which the game is paused and the crowd warned. To date, no match in Spain has enforced it.<\/p>\n
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