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As a Real Madrid fan, I want to inform the rest of football fans about what media won't tell you & only what in our fan bubble we learn by supporting Vini.
At 18, Vini was subjected to racism that was partnered by players, officials, fans & media in Spain. He was wrestled down & his head bitten in front of ref 2m away, he gets a yellow & not that ATM player.
Until Vini bloomed, Vini was getting racism on par or bit more than Rodrygo & other Spanish black players. In 21/22, everything changed against Mallorca away where fans chanted ape chants towards Vini & Rodrygo. To please such fans, Railo went full speed on Rodrygo's ankles forcing him to be carried off injured, Maffeo aimed for Vini's knee while Vini was jumping to avoid the tackle, he scraped Vini's knee & Vini gets a yellow with no red on Maffeo. Vini scores, dances & Maffeo labeled Vini as a provocateur.
Spanish media, used this narrative & gave a shit player national attention to spin this provocateur story until Vini was called a dancing monkey live on tv. This label, narrative & spin gave racists a shield to act without restraint.
Every away stadium, he'd get racist chants. There was racist dolls hanged of Vini off bridges near stadiums as a message for everyone to see but especially players driving around there to see.
The situation turned worse when it was vs Atletico away. Media did stories, special interviews from Koke who threatened that there will be trouble if Vini dances at their stadium, this incited the fans. Thousands before the game outside the stadium gathered with a racist doll of Vini being hanged & chanted racist stuff. In the stadium, there was thousands chanting monkey, nearly whole stadium. Rodrygo scores a banger & calls Vini to dance with him as a message against the racists.
After that, nearly every stadium but another turning point was Valencia away. Before the game started, they were saying "mono" in hundreds at the Real Madrid bus before game started. Thousands chanted mono in the stadium. Vini was emotional, he told the refs & pointed to people who chanted. The ref convinced Vini to play on & that he will protect him.
Yet, in same game... Vini gets sent off, players to please the fans as usual tried "dark arts" to rile up Vini. There was arguments when 1 guy puts Vini in a chokehold from behind & Vini fights back to get out of it. VAR edited out Vini being choked & showed only Vini fighting back, Vini gets a red & goes off crying cause he was not protected but it was a coordinate hate hunt from fans, media, officials & those running Spanish football.
Since then, he gets racist chants with thousands Spanish fans, even if he doesn't play them & even if he was playing in Europe at that time. Even 3rd/2nd division team, the fans before the game started... a place Vini never stepped into, this January there was hundreds chanting monkey for no reason. He gets booed before games even start at every stadium cause he called out racism.
Valencia had floods, people lost their lives but Vini, Real Madrid players & club donated to help those in Valencia. Vini still got hate, abuse & even got an unfair red card after VAR again edited things out to make Vini look the only 1 at fault.
People say Vini is annoying but if you'd suffer so much racism, would you still be emotionally stable & healthy? I can see Vini is slowly losing the love for football because of the racism. I hope people are informed about the truth, what media doesn't tell you & what the algorithm won't show if you are not following Vini & Real Madrid. Even Real Madrid Spanish fans are pretending to not see, quite a lot of them are mad at him calling out racism.
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