Madrid doesn't like Real and tearfully bans Vinicius from 1km, four people convicted of racist hate crimes are sentenced to prison → suspended sentence after apology

Jun 17, 2025

Madrid doesn't like Real and tearfully bans Vinicius from 1km, four people convicted of racist hate crimes are sentenced to prison → suspended sentence after apology
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Madrid doesn't like Real and tearfully bans Vinicius from 1km, four people convicted of racist hate crimes are sentenced to prison → suspended sentence after apology
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Madrid doesn't like Real and tearfully bans Vinicius from 1km, four people convicted of racist hate crimes are sentenced to prison → suspended sentence after apology
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Four people convicted of hate crimes against Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) have been sentenced to probation.

Britain's 'BBC' reported the news of the Spanish court's ruling on the 16th (Korean time). The suspended four attacked Vinicius shortly before the Copa del Rey match against Atletico Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in January 2023.




They were found guilty of hanging Vinicius' inflatable doll from a bridge near the Real Madrid training ground. The banner above the figure read 'Madrid hates Real.

Three of them were sentenced to 14 months in prison and one was sentenced to 22 months for distributing images of the behavior online. However, all four were suspended after sending apologies to Brazil's national team, Real Madrid, La Liga and Spain's Royal Football Federation.

In the ruling, they included a provisional injunction banning access to Vinicius, his home and Real Madrid's training ground within 1km and a total ban on watching La Liga and Spain's national team games.




Madrid doesn't like Real and tearfully bans Vinicius from 1km, four people convicted of racist hate crimes are sentenced to prison → suspended sentence after apology
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Vinicius has been victim to racist violence since moving to Real Madrid in 2018. In September 2022, Atletico fans shouted racist slogans against him in La Liga. He was also targeted again against Real Valladolid, and five people involved were given suspended sentences.

In May 2023, he was also exposed to racist abuse against Valencia, and the perpetrators were convicted. Vinnishwusu was then "not the first, not the second, not the third. Unfortunately I have no way of keeping myself to this happening every week. But I'm strong, and I'm going to fight the racists.'"

But last March "I just want to play football, but it's hard to move on (with racism). I don't want to play more and more," he said, shedding tears as he complained of pain.




Vinicius is currently in the United States. Real Madrid, which is participating in the FIFA Club World Cup in 2025, will play the first Group H match against Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia on the 19th.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.