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It's happening with Vinicius, but also many others. They are told sons of bitches, faggots, that your father or your mother dies... But it's not a war, it's a sport! And here we have a great opportunity to put an end to all this," Ancelotti said on Tuesday, ahead of Real's match against Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday (19.30pm) for which Vinicius will be suspended following Sunday's red card.
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This is the right time to take drastic measures. The institutions now have an opportunity to take drastic action on this important subject. This can be a great opportunity to improve things quickly," insisted the Italian technician. "We'll see what happens. I appeal here to the federation and La Liga, to the intelligence of football fans, and to education, above all," he said.
According to him, "condemning is no longer enough". "We started doing it a long time ago, and nothing has changed. After convictions, action must be taken. And so far, no one has acted." "Carletto", who had expressed his anger at the end of the match on Sunday night, notably criticized the "obsolete" anti-racism protocol of La Liga.
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The protocol, they should have applied it two hours before the kick-off (of the match in Valencia, editor's note), when we arrived at the stadium, because that's where the insults started. If you throw it in the 70th minute (as the referee did on Sunday, Editor's note), you were wrong. It is obsolete, yes." According to Ancelotti, "Spain is not racist, I would like to correct that. But there is racism in Spain, as in other places, and it has to stop."
For his part, Vinicius, "a little sad" according to his coach, did not participate in Tuesday morning's collective session in Valdebebas because he received "a blow to the knee". "If he has two games of suspension, we will give him a week off. If it's only one match, he will start training tomorrow (Wednesday) to be in Sevilla" on Saturday, said Carlo Ancelotti, pending the decision of the disciplinary committee of the federation.
