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Real Madrid have filed a complaint with the Spanish prosecutor’s office asking them to investigate racist chants directed at striker Vinícius Júnior outside the stadiums of Atletico Madrid and Barcelona ahead of this week’s Champions League matches.
Madrid said on Friday it had asked prosecutors to request footage from the two stadiums’ exterior security cameras “to identify the perpetrators of the abuses. “
On Thursday, Vinícius retweeted a video showing Atletico fans jumping up and down and chanting “Chimpanzé Vinícius” before Wednesday’s match against Inter Milan. The video was originally posted on the website Digital Free Agent.
Chants of hatred against Vinícius were also heard ahead of Tuesday’s Barcelona-Napoli match. Spanish radio station Cadena SER broadcast a video in which Barcelona fans chanted “Die, Vinícius” before the team’s 3-1 victory.
“Real Madrid condemns these violent attacks of racism, discrimination and hatred against our player Vinícius Junior, which have been a recurring and constant fear for some time,” the club said.
The Spanish league announced on Thursday that it will report the incident to the prosecutor’s office for hate crimes.
Vinícius, who is black, has been the target of racist abuse in away games in Spain over the past two seasons.
In 2023, Atletico fans hung an effigy of Vinícius on a bridge in Madrid ahead of a Madrid derby. Prosecutors have asked for four-year criminal sentences for the four die-hard supporters accused by the government of committing the act.