Vinicius Jr: La Liga president Javier Tebas says he did not mean to attack player on social media

La Liga president Javier Tebas says helium did not mean to "attack" Vinicius Jr connected societal media aft the Real Madrid subordinate was racially abused by absorption fans astatine Valencia connected Sunday.

Tebas' and La Liga's handling of the incidental has been wide condemned.

"I didn't mean to onslaught Vinicius, but if radical understood it that mode I person to apologise," Tebas told ESPN Brazil.

"That was not my intention, acold from it. I was trying to clarify a concern and explicate it."

Writing connected societal media aft the match, Vinicius said that "the title that erstwhile belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi contiguous belongs to racists" and "in Brazil, Spain is known arsenic a state of racists".

Tebas said Vinicius doubly did not crook up for a gathering to sermon what it "can bash successful cases of racism".

"Before you criticise and slander La Liga, you request to pass yourself properly," Tebas said.

Vinicius criticised the station for targeting him alternatively of racists, saying helium wanted La Liga to instrumentality "actions and punishments".

Tebas replied: "Neither Spain nor La Liga are racist, it is precise unfair to accidental that." He went connected to outline the actions La Liga had taken against racism this season.

La Liga has since said it volition petition "more sanctioning powers" truthful it tin punish incidents of racism.

What has happened?

Sunday's crippled was paused successful the 2nd fractional arsenic an incensed Vinicius reported absorption fans to the referee.

Real person reported the maltreatment to the Spanish prosecutor's bureau arsenic a hatred crime.

On Tuesday, the Spanish Football Federation announced Valencia had been sanctioned with a partial stadium closure for 5 matches pursuing the incidental and fined 45,000 euros (£39,000).

The nine called the determination to partially adjacent their stadium "disproportionate, unjust and unprecedented" and said they mean to entreaty against that portion of the sanction.

Spanish constabulary person besides detained 3 people successful transportation with the maltreatment directed astatine the Brazilian astatine Mestalla Stadium connected Sunday.

Vinicius' was sent disconnected precocious successful the 1-0 decision but his reddish paper has been rescinded, meaning helium volition not person to service a suspension. However helium is injured and volition miss Real's location crippled against Rayo Vallecano connected Wednesday.

The subordinate has been the people of racist maltreatment aggregate times this season.