Barcelona to investigate alleged racial abuse of Vinicius Jnr in Clasico
- Spanish media publish video where home supporter appears to call Real Madrid star ‘monkey’ as object that looks like banana skin is thrown
- ‘FC Barcelona will always defend the values of football and sport such as respect for the opponent,’ Catalan club says in a statement
Barcelona said they would investigate alleged racist abuse of Vinicius Jnr in their 2-1 Clasico defeat by Real Madrid on Saturday.
A video published by Spanish media outlets appeared to show a home supporter calling the Brazilian winger a “monkey”, while an object that looks like a banana skin also appears to be thrown from elsewhere.
“FC Barcelona will always defend the values of football and sport such as respect for the opponent and we will investigate any racist insult that may have occurred this afternoon during the match against Real Madrid,” the Catalan club said in a statement.
Vinicius, jeered by fans at Barcelona’s temporary Olympic Stadium home throughout, particularly upset them when he was substituted late on after Jude Bellingham scored his second goal in stoppage time to win Madrid the game.
The 23-year-old walked off slowly, turning to the stands to celebrate, pumping his fists, with Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti pulling him off the pitch by the arm.
“He came off very calmly, I told him he had to come off a bit quicker … I helped him off,” the Italian coach said.
