Valencia given stand closure and small fine, ViniciusJr red card overturned after racist abuse

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have fined Valencia €45,000 euros (£39,000) and ordered a partial closure of their stadium for five games following racist abuse directed towards Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior. Vinicius has also had the red card he received in the match overturned, meaning he will be free to play for Real at home against Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday. Ad Vinicius said that “La Liga belongs to racists" after he suffered abuse from fans at the Mestalla on Sunday.

La LigaSeven arrested in separate incidents following racist abuse of Vinicius Junior9 HOURS AGO The 22-year-old was sent off in injury-time of the game following a melee. There has been widespread support for Vinicius in the last 48 hours, including from Rio Ferdinand, Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe. “If the institutions don't want to find a real solution, let's try to do it by ourselves, for ourselves," said Pogba.

«Vinicius Junior full support bro”. Seven people have since been arrested in connection with racist abuse aimed at Vinicius. Three were allegedly involved in the incident at the Mestalla while four further individuals were detained on suspicion of hanging an effigy of Vinicius from a Madrid bridge in January.

The RFEF have now acted to punish Valencia. They said in a statement: “The Competition Committee has sanctioned Valencia CF with the partial closure of the Mestalla stadium for five matches, more specifically the Mario Kempes south stand, following the events that occurred during the match between the home team and Real Madrid CF. Pogba calls for action to tackle racism in football Seven arrested following racist abuse of Vinicius “It is considered proven that, as reflected by the referee in his minutes, there were racist shouts