In response to racial taunts directed towards Real Madrid player Vinicius Junior during Sunday’s 2-1 Clasico loss at Camp Nou, LaLiga have officially filed a complaint with a Barcelona court.
This is the eighth time LaLiga have reported racism directed towards Vinicius, who claimed in December that the Spanish top division was doing nothing to stop the racial insults he was subjected to.
The Brazilian attacker is frequently attacked in away stadiums, and LaLiga also filed complaints after Madrid’s matches against Mallorca and Real Betis.
“In view of the events that took place at the Barcelona-Real Madrid match, in which intolerable racist behaviour was once again observed against Vinicius, LaLiga has reported the racist insults to the Barcelona Court of Instruction,” LaLiga said in a statement on Thursday.
Earlier this week, Mallorca revoked a fan’s membership card for three years after the supporter hurled racist insults at Vinicius and Villarreal’s Samu Chukwueze in two separate incidents.
Last month, Real Valladolid suspended 12 season ticket holders for abusing Vinicius during a LaLiga match in December.
The growing wave of racist insults against the Madrid forward has escalated this year after a mannequin wearing his No. 20 shirt was hung from a bridge outside his club’s training ground in January before the derby against Atletico Madrid.
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Spanish police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
LaLiga have appeared to ramp up their campaign against racism, regularly taking action against the insults aimed at Vinicius.
In addition, they also set up a complaints channel to speed up the identification process, allowing fans who may have images or information about the identity of the perpetrators to contact them quickly.
