The match between Actual Madrid and Benfica within the Champions League was interrupted for a number of minutes after Vinícius Júnior accused an opponent of racially insulting him.
French referee François Letexier stopped the match within the 52nd minute, simply after Vinícius had given Madrid a 1-0 lead that ended up being sufficient for victory.
Benfica gamers weren’t proud of Vinícius as a result of he celebrated by dancing in entrance of the nook flag, and a few went to confront him, together with Gianluca Prestianni.
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Vinicius Junior speaks to the referee. Getty
Prestianni was complaining to Vinicius whereas protecting his mouth together with his jersey, after which the Brazil ahead all of a sudden pointed to him and ran towards the referee.
Cameras picked up Vinícius telling Letexier that Prestianni known as him “monkey.”
The referee stopped the match and Vinícius, who’s black, went to the sideline.
Each coaches, Benfica’s José Mourinho and Madrid’s Álvaro Arbeloa, talked to Vinícius at one level whereas play was stopped.
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The referee appeared to point out that he didn’t hear something and gestured that Prestianni had the shirt over his mouth. Letexier pulled Prestianni apart and talked to him.
The Argentine participant was not proven a yellow card and continued taking part in. Vinícius had been proven a yellow card after the celebration. The sport restarted within the sixtieth.
Later within the match, Mourinho was despatched off after a sideline outburst as his aspect struggled to equalise with the Spanish giants.
After the match, Vinícius posted a photograph on Instagram of him celebrating by the Benfica nook flag with a clearly pointed message.
“Racists are, above all, cowards,” he wrote.
“They should cowl their mouths with their shirts to point out how they’re weak. Nothing that occurred right this moment is new to me in my life and in my household’s life.
“I used to be proven a yellow card for celebrating a objective. I nonetheless do not know why.”
When the criticism was first made, the referee instantly stopped the match and crossed his arms above his head to start out the anti-racism protocol.
Vinícius, who has been repeatedly subjected to racist abuse in Spain, went to the sideline and sat within the dugout whereas play was stopped.
Mbappé and midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni stated the group thought of leaving the sector however finally determined to proceed taking part in.
Mbappé stated he requested Vinícius to see what he needed to do.
“What’s occurred tonight is a shame to soccer,” Trent Alexander-Arnold stated.
“It is overshadowed the efficiency, particularly after such a tremendous objective. Vini has been subjected to this a number of instances all through his profession, and for it to occur tonight and destroy the evening for us as a group is a shame.
“There is no place for it in soccer or society. It is disgusting.”
Vinicius Junior is handed a yellow card. DeFodi Pictures by way of Getty Pictures
Mourinho stated he didn’t need to say he believed one participant over the opposite after speaking to each, however criticised Vinícius for celebrating close to the followers.
“Sadly he was not simply glad to attain that astonishing objective,” Mourinho advised Amazon Prime. “While you rating a objective like that, you have fun in a respectful approach.”
Mourinho stated he advised Vinícius that the best participant in Benfica’s historical past — Eusébio — was black, however appeared to query why the Actual Madrid participant is so continuously focused.
“There’s something unsuitable as a result of it occurs in each stadium,” Mourinho stated.
“The stadium the place Vinicius performed one thing occurred. All the time.”
