After Vinicius Junior suffered racist abuse again in La Liga, expert voices examine Spanish football's racism problem
forward was racially abused during a game at Sevilla on Saturday. It was the latest in a long line of abusive incidents the Brazilian has suffered over the past two seasons. La Liga has taken action on 10 separate occasions and Vinicius Jr himself said after the match there had now been “19 isolated incidents and counting”.
An anti-racism message was played over the stadium speaker system before play was resumed. The Cartagena fan was identified and ejected, according to the referee’s report. On October 11, Torre del Mar player Paul Junior Ngatta was racially abused during a Copa Federacion game at San Roque de Lepe. The Spanish Football Federation fined Lepe €500 . Edjogo-Owono: The protocol is there — if there are xenophobic insults, the game is stopped and a message is played over the speakers.
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