Manchester United forward Antony sends message to Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior
Manchester United star Antony has sent a message of support to his Brazil teammate Vinicius Junior.
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Vinicius Junior celebration: Real Madrid star practiced dance in training
Vinicius Junior and Real Madrid have both released statements after the player was subjected to racial abuse over his goal celebrations.
Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior calls out haters of dancing goal celebrations as racist
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior called out the haters of his goal celebrations as racist and insisted he will keep on dancing.
Vinícius on dancing after goals: ‘I am not going to stop’
BARCELONA, Spain: Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior called out the haters of his goal celebrations as racist and insisted he will keep on dancing.Spanish sports talk shows have been discussing the appropriateness of his celebrations, and a commentator on television said he should stop “doing the monkey.”Real Madrid criticized the comment on Friday, and Vinicius issued a video statement on Saturday in which the Brazilian eloquently explained that dancing forms part of his cultural expression, and cited other soccer players, both Black and white, who also have danced after scoring.“Repeat after me, racist: I am not going to stop dancing,” Vinícius said.“I was victim of xenophobia and racism in a single declaration, but none of this began yesterday,” Vinícius said over freeze frames of social media posts using racist language to insult him.The controversy also comes in the build up to Sunday’s always hotly contested Spanish capital derby in which Real Madrid visit Atlético Madrid. This week, Atlético captain Koke Resurrección, when asked what would happen if Vinícius danced after scoring, responded “There will be trouble.”Koke appeared to make the comment in jest, but it has been widely commented on.
'I'm not going to stop' - Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior hits back at racist abuse and vows to keep dancing
Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior says he will continue celebrating his goals by dancing and accused his critics of being upset by ‘the happiness of a victorious black Brazilian in Europe’ in response to racist comments made by a Spanish football agent. Pedro Bravo, the president of the Spanish agents’ association, was asked about Vinicius’ celebrations on Spanish television on Thursday, and said Vinicius ‘has to respect (his) mates and stop playing the monkey’. Ad The comments sparked a backlash against Bravo and a flood of support for Vinicius from Brazilian football greats like Pele and Neymar.
Atletico hit four to see off Celta in La Liga
Madrid - Atletico Madrid clinically brushed aside Celta Vigo 4-1 at the Metropolitano in La Liga on Saturday.
Jesus misses out as Brazil call up new faces before World Cup
Brazil have left in-form striker Gabriel Jesus out of a 26-man squad for this month's friendlies against Ghana and Tunisia but Gleison Bremer and Roger Ibanez are included for the first time.
Brazil call up new target man Pedro for friendlies
Tunisia in September. Pedro is the top scorer in this season's Copa Libertadores with 12 goals and was picked Friday ahead of players such as Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus for the matches in France on September 23 and 27.