Coach Ancelotti defends Vinicius, criticizes La Liga for having racism problem

"It's unacceptable and La Liga is having problems that are not Vinicius' fault. He's just a victim. What can we do? You can't play football like that. I would say the same if we won. It's too serious," coach Ancelotti made a strong statement after Real Madrid lost 0-1 to Valencia at Mestalla in the early morning of May 22.

Coach Ancelotti talked to Vinicius many times during the match to relieve pressure from the stands.

"I wanted to take Vinicius off because the atmosphere was so bad with the racist chants. I spoke to Vinicius during the game, I asked him if he wanted to continue? They insulted Vinicius all the time and then showed him a red card. I was very sad. This is a tournament with great teams, but we have to get out of this. We are in 2023. The only way is to stop the game, there is such a protocol, but the referee did not follow it," explained coach Ancelotti.

Also according to coach Ancelotti: "Vinicius was the player who was fouled the most in the match. He was insulted. The referee should have stopped the match. That's the way it should be done. However, when everything continued and Vinicius received a red card, the whole stadium chanted "monkey" continuously. I have never seen this happen in my life. I am very sad. Vinicius is just a kid and he wants to continue playing football, but in the current conditions it is very complicated".

Vinicius reacts to racist abuse

Meanwhile, after Vinicius' incident of being racially discriminated against, many stars such as Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, Achraf Hakimi spoke up to defend their colleagues and share what happened.

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