La Liga has reported alleged racist chanting directed towards Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe during Real Madrid\u2019s match at Real Oviedo earlier this month to Spain\u2019s National Police.<\/p>\n
The chanting was alleged to have taken place at Oviedo\u2019s Carlos Tartiere Stadium during the league match on August 24, with the league reporting that chants imitating monkey sounds were heard on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n
La Liga\u2019s complaint, which has been filed to Spain\u2019s National Police General Commissariat, includes supporting evidence from the television broadcast of Movistar\u2019s TV programme \u2018El Dia Despues\u2019, alongside video footage that has been widely shared on social media.<\/p>\n
Madrid won the match 3-0 thanks to two goals from Mbappe and one from Vinicius Jr.<\/p>\n
Vinicius Jr\u00a0 has been persistently targeted with racist abuse at multiple stadiums in Spain and on social media platforms.<\/p>\n
In March 2024, the 25-year-old Brazil international broke down in tears during an emotional press conference<\/a> as he said that racism was getting worse because perpetrators were going unpunished and he felt \u201cless and less like playing football\u201d.<\/p>\n In June 2024, three people were sentenced to eight months in prison in Spain<\/a> after being found guilty of racially abusing Vinicius Jr in May 2023 during a La Liga fixture at Valencia. That was the first conviction for racist insults in a football stadium in Spain.<\/p>\n