Vinicius, who received a red card during Real Madrid-Valencia on Sunday after being the victim of racist insults during the match, will not have any suspension matches, but a stand at the Valencia stadium will however be closed for five games, announced the Spanish federation on Tuesday evening. “Given the allegations and the videographic evidence provided by Real Madrid regarding the expulsion in the 90th 5 of Vinicius”, the Disciplinary Committee decided to cancel the “disciplinary consequences” of this expulsion and to authorize the Brazilian to play again on Wednesday (7:30 p.m.) against Rayo Vallecano at the Bernabéu for the 36th day of La Liga.
In addition, this “competition committee”, equivalent to the disciplinary committee in France, decided to order the closure of the Mario Kempes stand at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, where the racist insults that targeted Vinicius came from, for a duration of five games, straddling the current season and the next, therefore. He also imposed a fine of 45,000 euros on the Valencia CF club.
“It has been proven that, as written by the referee in his post-match report, there were racist cries towards Vinicius, Real Madrid player, during the match, altering the normal course of said match. As these offenses are very serious, it has been decided to impose an economic sanction of 45,000 euros on Valence CF, ”announced this commission. This is made up of a representative from La Liga, another from the federation and a final one from the Spanish Sports Council (equivalent to the State Secretariat for Sports in France).
