Atletico Madrid CEO Miguel Angel Gil slams ‘unacceptable’ chants aimed toward Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Jr

Atletico Madrid CEO Manuel Angel Gil has condemned the racist abuse proven in the direction of Actual Madrid‘s Vinicius Jr on Sunday night time.  

Gil claims that the chants got here from a ‘minority’ who ’embarrass’ the membership and that it is an unfair reflection on ‘the behaviour and sentiment of the overwhelming majority’.

The house supporters chanted racist abuse about Madrid’s Vinicius as they entered the membership’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium forward of the town derby.

‘Vinicius is a monkey’ chanted a sizeable group of Atletico supporters as they waited to enter the stadium. 

In the meantime, {a photograph} circulating on social media appeared to point out an Atletico Madrid supporter holding up a racist doll in reference to the Brazilian ahead whom throughout him have been abusing.  

In a full assertion on the membership web site, Miguel Ángel Gil stated, ‘I do know our followers nicely and it’s unacceptable that somebody can assume they’re racist. 

Madrid’s Vinicius Jr was focused with racist abuse from Atletico Madrid followers on Sunday

‘These cries from a minority embarrass us Atletico and can’t stain the picture of the membership, nor the behaviour and sentiment of the overwhelming majority’.

‘The membership has been demonstrating for years with information that it abhors and repudiates this kind of behaviour that turns into a scourge of society. Now we have strict protocols for the prevention and eradication of violence. 

‘Within the final 5 years, 433 recordsdata have been opened for varied behaviours opposite to those inside laws and 51 companions have been expelled. We are going to proceed to be blunt on these issues, however we’re conscious that an remoted act of a fan can derail all this work. It’s a threat to which any membership is uncovered. However we aren’t going to let our guard down.’

Derogatory chants directed at Vinicius Jr. might be heard on footage from exterior the bottom

The assertion comes shortly after LaLiga condemned the chants and started the method yesterday of investigating the racist abuse.

The Spanish league will research audio and video proof earlier than submitting a report back to Spain’s Fee in opposition to Violence. The state physique has the jurisdiction to high quality the membership or drive them to play behind closed doorways.

Regardless of the seriousness of the incidents, solely a high quality is predicted; a stadium closure appears to be like unlikely.

However La Liga may pursue people by the courts, as they’ve completed in one other comparable case.

Gil insists that the ‘minority’ who chanted don’t characterize the ‘sentiment of the overwhelming majority’