The racist episode suffered by Vinícius last Sunday continues to give wind. Reactions and responses to the facts continue to arrive in drops, and everyone has been able to give their opinion on it. One that is gaining ground in the last few hours is that of the actor from El Internado, Martiño Rivas. The Galician launched a question through Instagram addressed directly to Javier Tebas, president of La Liga, and Luis Rubiales, top leader of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.
Rivas, who is seen in the images walking his four-year-old daughter in a stroller, questions the two presidents about the protocol to follow in case of going to a soccer stadium and seeing a person perpetrating racist chants. The reasoning behind the question is given by the lack of interest in doing so with the Vinícius case, thus throwing a dart at both leaders. He questions whether to speak to stadium security, a club employee, among other possible variables.
The reactions have not been long in coming and the video has already accumulated hundreds of thousands of response comments, both for and against. There are those who congratulate the actor for his words and for giving another touch of attention to those responsible for football in Spain. Others, on the other hand, question that it comes to the fore at this time and that it did not generate so much commotion in previous cases, such as with the Valencia footballer Mouctar Diakhaby.
And it is that what happened in Mestalla last Sunday continues to raise considerable smoke. Diakhaby precisely confronted Juan Cala on social networks, a Cádiz player with whom he suffered his racist episode, due to the controversy with Vinícius. Other personalities from both the world of sport and other areas have said theirs in this regard, creating an endless network of reactions that will continue to increase as the days go by.
In the most jurisdictional sphere, Vinícius made a public and legal complaint about the matter, with Real Madrid taking the necessary responsibilities before the Prosecutor's Office, which has already opened proceedings. The Government and the Embassy of Brazil have issued a joint statement calling for an end to these verbal attacks on soccer fields. For his part, the mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, called for the expulsion from Mestalla "for life" of those responsible.
Precisely this morning the National Police arrested three young people in Valencia, between the ages of 18 and 21, as allegedly responsible for the chants and gestures. The Superior Police Headquarters of the Valencian Community comments that all the detainees are Spanish and are charged with an alleged crime related to the exercise of fundamental rights and public liberties, waiting to expand the details in the next few hours.
Within this dynamic, four men between the ages of 19 and 24 have also been arrested this afternoon, three of them members of Frente Atlético, as allegedly responsible for hanging a doll of the Brazilian soccer player on a bridge on the M-11, as a way of rope, last January.
