{"id":166031,"date":"2024-03-27T12:17:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T12:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/27\/vini-junior-weeps-over-racism\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T12:17:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T12:17:03","slug":"vini-junior-weeps-over-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/27\/vini-junior-weeps-over-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Vini Junior Weeps Over Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Vini Junior\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brazil\u2019s Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior broke down in tears at Monday\u2019s news conference as he admitted he has \u201cless will to play\u201d because of racist abuse directed toward him in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Madrid forward, however, said he is not considering leaving LaLiga despite the racist chants he has heard by opposing fans since he arrived at Madrid more than five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been here for a long time watching this and I feel more and more sad,\u201d Vin\u00edcius said. \u201cI have less and less will to play. With each complaint made I feel worse, but I have to appear here and show my face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have asked for help from UEFA, FIFA, CONMEBOL, CBF \u2014 they can fight against that. The problem that exists in Spain is that racism is not a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vin\u00edcius spoke in Madrid ahead of Brazil\u2019s international friendly against Spain, a game organised by the two federations to raise awareness of racism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sure that Spain is not a racist country, but there are many racists and many of them are in the stadiums,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to change because many of them don\u2019t know what racism is. At 23 years old I have to teach many Spaniards what racism is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vin\u00edcius has been a leading voice in the fight against racism. Last year, the Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior law was passed in Brazil to combat racism at sporting events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying football is important, but the fight against racism is very important,\u201d he said. \u201cLet people of colour have a normal life. If this were the case, I would go to my club\u2019s games focused only on playing. The only thing I want is to continue playing and for everyone to have a normal life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat in the very near future we can have fewer cases of racism, and that Black people can have a normal life like everyone else. I want to keep fighting for that. Even because, as I said before, if it was just for me, I would have given up, because I stay at home, where no one will swear at me, I go to the games with my head centred on the game so that I can do the best for my team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not always possible, so I have to concentrate hard every day,\u201d he added before breaking down in tears and getting the applause of people at the news conference.<\/p>\n<p>Vin\u00edcius then spoke about the media\u2019s approach to reporting on the abuse he has suffered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they have to talk less about everything I do wrong on the pitch, that of course I have to evolve and improve, but I\u2019m only 23 and it\u2019s a natural process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vini Junior\u00a0 \u00a0 Brazil\u2019s Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior broke down in tears at Monday\u2019s news conference as he admitted he has \u201cless will to play\u201d because of racist abuse directed toward him in Spain. The Real Madrid forward, however, said he is not considering leaving LaLiga despite the racist chants he has heard by opposing fans since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vini Junior Weeps Over Racism - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/27\/vini-junior-weeps-over-racism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vini Junior Weeps Over Racism - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vini Junior\u00a0 \u00a0 Brazil\u2019s Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior broke down in tears at Monday\u2019s news conference as he admitted he has \u201cless will to play\u201d because of racist abuse directed toward him in Spain. 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