Sent off in Valencia last Friday in La Liga for a gesture of humor, Vinicius Jr received a two-match suspension. Real Madrid can breathe, but remain angry.
The minimum price for Vinicius. Sent off during the victory at Valencia (2-1) on January 3 in La Liga for a blood attack on Stole Dimitrievski, the opposing goalkeeper, the Brazilian striker from Real Madrid was given his sanction this Tuesday. The verdict? Two match suspension, the lowest punishment he was exposed to.
The Merengue star will be able to play the Spanish Super Cup this week in Saudi Arabia, but will miss the two championship matches against Las Palmas (January 19) and Valladolid (January 25).
Real should still appeal
The Spanish federation's disciplinary committee, which was looking into his case, considered his ugly gesture as an “act of violence in the game”, after a rather lenient report from referee Soto Grado.
According to As, Real Madrid will still appeal the sanction because it considers that when the referee used VAR to evaluate the action between Vinicius and Dimitrievski, the goalkeeper's provocation was not shown . The club therefore believes that the man with the whistle was not able to evaluate the entire action.
Furthermore, the Merengue club's television channel broadcast videos of new racist insults uttered by the Valencia public against Vinicius. According to documents broadcast by Real Madrid TV, we hear “fucking black”, “monkey” and “fucking monkey” but also homophobic insults.
