VINICIUS: “I WILL NOT LET THESE PEOPLE GET WHAT I WANT”
Excerpt from the press conference of Vinicius Jr. before the match between Spain and Brazil, but he had to answer questions related to racism:
Excerpt from the press conference of Vinicius Jr. before the match between Spain and Brazil, but he had to answer questions related to racism:
“Verbal racism is not only a problem in Spain but also around the world. I just hope that in the future incidents related to it will be minimized and there will be less people have to endure it more”.
“I want to thank all the Spanish players who have always supported me, they have helped me a lot in the past time.”
“My attitude? Of course I have to improve a lot, I’m still young and I believe that improvement will happen naturally.”
“The lack of sanctions against Racists is what disappoints me the most, so many of them can still walk around as if nothing ever happened after all they have done.”
“I don’t want even children to be infected with those ideas, because the truth is that when I was young, I didn’t know what racism was.”
“I don’t want to complain about this at all, because every time I have to speak up about it I feel worse, but I still have to be here and talk about this […] ] The core problem that exists in Spain is that many people still consider that PBCT is not a criminal act.”
“Yes, playing football is important, but fighting against bullying is also an equally important issue. I just pray that as long as it takes, people of color will have a truly peaceful life. If that becomes a reality In fact, I will focus wholeheartedly on playing football. My only wish is to play football happily and for everyone to have a normal life.”
“I’m sure Spain is not a racist country, but there are a lot of people with that mentality and sadly many of them are regularly present in the stadiums. We have to change change because there are still many people who are not aware of what racism is.”
“I’m not fighting against Spanish football fans, I’m fighting against PBCT that’s raging in the world.”
“They tried to target my skin color to insult me and make me look bad, why do that…If they hate me then they can curse me in other ways and I’m willing to stay quiet . I just always wish that I could go to stadiums and never have to think about what could happen.”
“I’ve been watching racism happen for a long time and I feel more and more sad, I don’t want to play more and more and there were times when I even thought about giving up. Sometimes I have the feeling that no one supports me. me”.
“Leaving La Liga? I have NEVER thought about that because I am determined not to let the racism guys get what they want, I want to score a lot of goals to make them continue to follow me.”
“I will continue my journey at the greatest club in the world because the Chairman always supports me, the club always supports me, that is the source of motivation for me to stay steadfast and continue to win trophies.” with Real Madrid”.
There was a time when having to answer too many questions about the crime of human trafficking, Vini burst into tears right in the press conference room and the whole audience stood up and applauded to encourage him.
Come on Vini, we are always by your side and accompanying your fight! 💪
