Brazil to play Spain friendly in anti-racism game in support of Vinicius Jr

Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr said "Spain is known arsenic a state of racists" aft abusive chants were directed towards him astatine Valencia

Brazil volition play Spain successful a affable successful March adjacent twelvemonth arsenic portion of an anti-racism run successful enactment of Vinicius Jr.

Vinicius was the people of racist maltreatment aggregate times successful Spain portion playing for Real successful the past campaign.

"There is nary spot for racist insults successful our football," said Spanish Football Association president Luis Rubiales.

Rubiales and Brazilian FA (CBF) counterpart Ednaldo Rodrigues launched their anti-racism run nether the slogan "One skin".

"It is important to recognize that harder punishment needs to beryllium applied successful cases of racism by the shot authorities," said Rodrigues.

"Fines are not enough. The clubs request to beryllium held accountable too.

"CBF was the archetypal shot federation to follow harder sanctions for cases of racism, specified arsenic the deduction of points successful league standings, closure of stands oregon the beingness expulsion of nine members.

"We request to pb a run worldwide to combat against this microorganism that shames everyone successful football."

Brazil play Guinea successful Barcelona connected Saturday and Senegal successful Lisbon 3 days later.

• Seven radical punished implicit racist chants and effigy of Vinicius

The latest incidental of Vinicius being racially abused successful Spain came erstwhile Real Madrid played Valencia successful May.

Vinicius, whose reddish paper for convulsive behaviour precocious successful the lucifer was rescinded, aboriginal said the Spanish league "belongs to racists".

La Liga president Javier Tebas and the league's handling of the incidental were wide condemned aft helium told Vinicius connected societal media that "you request to pass yourself properly".

Tebas aboriginal apologised to Vinicius, saying helium did not mean to "attack" the 22-year-old.

"It is intolerable that specified events similar what happened with Valencia instrumentality spot successful our country," said Rubiales.

"I consciousness atrocious due to the fact that it doesn't correspond our state and who we are and tarnish our estimation worldwide.

"We person a occupation with racism and person to fight."

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