Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish Football Federation, appeared this morning in an urgent and extraordinary manner in the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas to make a closed defense of Vinícius and against racism: "Surely Vinícius is more right than he we believe. As long as there is only one undesirable person who insults because of sexual condition, skin color or creed, we have a serious problem, which stains an entire team, a fan base, a club and a country".
In an appearance in which he did not admit questions, the president of the Federation continued: "We are a very welcoming country, which receives millions of inhabitants every year, in football as well. Vinícius and any footballer, woman or man, who suffers a "Insult for racism has the support of the RFEF. We are here to support and help. We have set ourselves an objective and it is to put an end to this and that any player can say that this is no longer a problem," he said.
Luis Rubiales asked for the collaboration of the clubs and the justice system: "On other occasions the RFEF has found that other football agents have not allowed us to do justice. The RFEF has sanctioned and these sanctions have not been able to be carried out. With Under the previous law, there were jurisdictional conflicts that meant that while the RFEF could penalize, it could also be penalized by administrative means and the RFEF's action was invalidated.There have been closed stadiums in which the sanction has been delayed for a long time or has taken away the power of the RFEF"-
And Rubiales continued: "I only ask the clubs not to delay the procedures. If there is a sanction, even if it hurts, the sanction should not be delayed over time. The current law did not allow us to act in the way we would have liked. In the English Federation, which is used as an example, there is a sanction, all parties are listened to, there is usually the possibility of recollection and it is solved there. It will also be the same in the new law, although there will be a higher arbitration body. We are looking forward to that moment arrives. The committee will act and I am sure that it will have to sanction. Beyond other jurisdictional areas, the firm response of the RFEF must exist".
The president of the Federation took the opportunity to send messages to Brazilian authorities, such as the mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes (who called Javier Tebas a son of a bitch for criticizing Vinícius) or the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, Ednaldo Rodrigues: "I want to also ask Ednaldo (Rodrigues) to please ignore the irresponsible behavior of the president of the LFP who enters social networks in an entanglement with a footballer who a few hours before has received serious racist insults. social networks, we are here to solve the problems. It was not the moment”.
Rubiales continued with his messages to the Brazilian leaders: "I want to send a message to the president of the CBF. First of all, there will be few countries in the world like Spain that admire and respect Brazilian soccer. But not only Brazilian soccer players, but also to all the players who come from other parts of the world: Asia, Africa, Latin America... We must make this sport continue to be a show and we all enjoy it. I want to ask the president of the CBF to come to the Casa de la RFEF or I will travel to Braisl. I invite the president of the CBF to check, verify, propose... and see in situ what the RFEF does to solve this problem", he stated.
