On May 24, Beijing time, in the 36th round of La Liga, Barça challenged Valladolid away. Before the match, the two teams pulled up banners to show solidarity for the racially discriminated Real Madrid winger Venicius. The Spanish refereeing committee has also decided to remove Vinicius' red card so he can play Real Madrid against Rayo Vallecano tomorrow.
Real Madrid played against Valencia, Vinicius was furious by racial discrimination from opposing fans, and was eventually sent off with a straight red card for a retaliatory elbow.
The incident has also attracted great attention in football, with Real Madrid issuing statements expressing severe condemnation and filing accusations, while stars such as Ronaldo, Mbappe, Neymar, Pogba, Kaka, Rio Ferdinand, Sancho, Lineker, Roberto Carlos and Casemiro have also expressed their support for Venicius.
For its part, Valencia FC has identified three fans who discriminated against Venicius and will be punished with a lifetime ban from entering the stadium.
And today, the Spanish refereeing committee decided to cancel Venicius' red card so that Real Madrid can play against Rayo Vallecano tomorrow.
Barça and Real Madrid are known to be bitter enemies of the derby, but when it comes to racial discrimination, personal feuds are nothing. Ahead of the match, Barça and Valladolid players pulled out banners that read in Spanish: "Racism stays away from football".
Barça officials also posted photos and wrote: "Unite against racial discrimination." ”