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Real Madrid's 2-1 win against Atletico in the Madrid Derby was overshadowed by racial abuse directed towards Brazil forward Vinicius Jr by the home fans.

A clip of the Atletico Madrid fans racially abusing the 22-year-old went viral on social media, inviting criticism from football fans across the globe. Hundreds of Atletico fans gathered outside the stadium and hurled racist chants in Spanish toward Vinicius. The game was marred with controversy as the Atletico fans continuously directed vile abuse at Vinicius.

Vinícius Júnior has not directly addressed the racism he suffered at the hands of Atlético Madrid fans on Sunday, but he took understandable pleasure in ...

Asked what the Metropolitano’s reaction would be were the player to celebrate a goal by dancing, he told reporters: “It would kick off, I’m sure.” [could be heard singing](https://en.as.com/soccer/vinicius-subject-to-racist-abuse-in-real-madrids-win-over-atletico-n/) “Vinícius, you are a monkey” prior to Sunday’s derby, while racist chants were also audible in the stadium during the game. Although Vinícius did not get on the scoresheet against Atlético, he had a major part to play in Madrid’s second goal, scored 10 minutes before half time. He also added the line: “And nothing ever changes.” It’s a real party. It’s a dance.

Racist chanting from a group of Atlético Madrid fans towards Real Madrid player Vinícius Jr. was caught on camera ahead of the Madrid derby on Sunday.

"Since my intention was not to offend anyone, I sincerely apologize, I'm sorry." [wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Atleti/status/1571563985631076353) [since apologized on Twitter](https://twitter.com/PedroBravoJ/status/1570596236755075073)

The award acknowledges the Real Madrid legend's personal and sporting achievements. The Community of Madrid paid tribute to Wayne Brabender, a Real Madrid basketball legend and part of the Spanish national team. He won 4 European ...

Brabender was joined by Emilio Butragueño, Director of Institutional Relations; Juan Carlos Sánchez-Lázaro, Director of the basketball department; and other Real Madrid legends like Emiliano Rodríguez, Luyk, Corbalán and Romay. The event took place at the Real Casa de Postas, the headquarters of the Community of Madrid, and acknowledged the legendary American player's personal and sporting career. The Community of Madrid paid tribute to Wayne Brabender, a Real Madrid basketball legend and part of the Spanish national team.

La Liga has stated it will work with the authorities to identify those involved with racist chanting towards Vinicius Junior.

"It was a racist comment," said Neville. "So now, we'll see what MLS does about it. "It was unacceptable. "We work with clubs to keep our football friendly and enjoyable. A word was used. Bravo has since apologised for his comments.

Atletico Madrid fans were filmed racially abusing Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior outside their Metropolitano Stadium.

I think that's the major problem in stadiums, because it feels like you come to a stadium and you can shout whatever you want without any consequences, and obviously if it's racism and it's heard by cameras or mics OK, maybe you can do something against it, but otherwise people come to the stadium and they throw things, they shout disturbing things, and that's the big problem. I don't mean here at Atletico Madrid, I mean all over the world in every stadium you go as a rival, sometimes I'm shocked at what I see and hear behind my goal. "It's all about education, if I go with my kids and they say one bad thing like this in a stadium they're grounded for a month. "We have to call it how it is, it's a disgrace. Obviously it can be a minority of fans but it's a disgrace. "There are kids who are six, seven, eight, nine years old and their parents are insulting me in the worst way.

LaLiga will report racist chanting aimed at Vinicius Junior by Atletico Madrid fans before Sunday's derby, the league confirmed to ESPN.

[Federico Valverde](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/235818/Federico-Valverde) to put Madrid 2-0 up, before [Mario Hermoso](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/222529/Mario-Hermoso) scored late on for Atletico. [Rodrygo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/267804/Rodrygo) both reacted to Madrid's opening goal in the game with Atletico, scored by Rodrygo in the 18th minute, by dancing in front of the home fans. [racist chanting](/soccer/atletico-madrid-espatletico_madrid/story/4749893/atletico-madrid-fans-filmed-racially-abusing-real-madrid-forward-vinicius) aimed at [Real Madrid](/soccer/team?id=86) forward [Vinicius Junior](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/252107/Vinícius-Júnior) by [Atletico Madrid](/soccer/team?id=1068) fans before Sunday's derby, the league confirmed to ESPN.

LaLiga is to launch an investigation into racist chants aimed at Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior by a section of the Atlético Madrid support on Sunday.

Asked what the Metropolitano’s reaction would be were the player to celebrate a goal by dancing, he told reporters: “It would kick off, I’m sure.” [could be heard singing](https://en.as.com/soccer/vinicius-subject-to-racist-abuse-in-real-madrids-win-over-atletico-n/) “Vinícius, you are a monkey” prior to Sunday’s derby, while racist chants were also audible in the stadium during the game. Although Vinícius did not get on the scoresheet against Atlético, he had a major part to play in Madrid’s second goal, scored 10 minutes before half time. He also added the line: “And nothing ever changes.” It’s a real party. It’s a dance.

SHAMEFUL SCENES: Atletico Madrid fans threw objects at Vinicius Jr after a Real Madrid goal and aimed racist chants at him in the closing stages.

Taiwan now have a 3-0 record and sit at the top of the standings after their first game in the super round because they carried over victories against Japan and Mexico in the preliminary round. Taiwan staged a decisive four-run bonanza in the bottom of the third which started when Sun Yi-lei singled for Lin Chia-wei to score Defending world champions Taiwan on Thursday clinched the top spot in the super round standings at the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Florida after overpowering the previously undefeated US 6-2. Sarver said he would “accept the consequences of the league’s decision” and apologized for “words and actions that offended our employees,” but “This Real Madrid reminds me of the team that we had with Diego Costa,” Simeone said. Black said he believed Theodorou made that choice “because he couldn’t bear to make people sad.” “He was a really, really, really special “Derbies are always important, but today was a bit different for what happened during the week,” Rodrygo said.

Rodrygo and Federico Valverde scored first-half goals as the defending champions won their ninth match in a row in all competitions.

Valverde added to the lead off the rebound of a shot by Vinicius that hit the post in a 36th-minute breakaway after an assist by Luka Modric. Rodrygo opened the scoring with a neat one-timer from inside the area after a perfect lob by midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni over the defense in the 18th minute. Atletico fans did not hold back from showing their displeasure, though, and some threw objects in the direction of the Madrid players. Rodrygo and Federico Valverde scored first-half goals as the defending champions won their ninth match in a row in all competitions. With their young Brazilians not backing away from their dancing, Madrid beat city rivals Atletico 2-1 in the Spanish League to extend their perfect start to the season on Sunday. Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior didn’t hesitate after Real Madrid opened the scoring at the Metropolitano Stadium.