MADRID, 15 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Valencia showed his anger this Thursday at the statements made by the Brazilian forward of Real Madrid Rodrygo Goes about how he heard how the entire Mestalla Stadium racistly insulted his teammate Vinícius Jr, something he described as “serious lies” and demanding a rectification, without ruling out the taking of “possible legal measures”.
The Madrid player was asked this Wednesday about what happened with his compatriot on May 21 during the press conference with his team, who is in Barcelona to play a friendly against Guinea in Barcelona and assured that he heard the “entire” stadium screaming ‘monkey’ to ‘Vini’.
“Valencia CF regrets and categorically denies the false statements made by the player Rodrygo Goes, in which he affirms that our entire stadium and fans uttered racist chants. Such statements are serious lies that contribute to stigmatizing an exemplary supporter like us in a completely unfair way. is that of Valencia CF”, said the ‘che’ team in a statement.
The Valencian club asked the footballer, “just like his coach, Carlo Ancelotti, who rectified his words after
of the party”, which also “rectifies these falsehoods”. “Valencia
CF reserves the right to take the pertinent legal measures to defend the honor of our club and fans. Soccer players must also be required to be rigorous and responsible when making statements,” he warned.
“Likewise, and once again, we want to ratify our strongest condemnation of any type of racism or violence and we demonstrate this by expelling the three fans involved in this unfortunate incident for life. There is no doubt about our fight and commitment to eradicate this social scourge. We once again ask for the utmost respect for our fans and that they not be attacked with false information and hoaxes,” Valencia said.