A La Liga football fan has been given a combined one-year prison sentence after being found of racially abusing Super Eagles winger, Samuel Chukwueze and Real Madrid star Vinicius Jnr on two separate incidents.
The individual directed hateful
abuse at former Villarreal player Samuel Chukwueze during Mallorca's home La
Liga win on February 18.
The same offender also abused
Brazilian winger Vinicius Jnr during Real Madrid's clash against Mallorca on
February 5, 2023.
A court in Spain has now handed
down six-month prison sentences for each incident and also took the decision to
implement a three-year stadium ban on the supporter.
The Brazilian superstar
recently opened up on how he feels 'targeted' by discriminatory abuse from
rival fans.
He also insisted that the
nation shouldn't be allowed to host the 2030 World Cup unless action is taken
against discrimination.
His suggestion was immediately
slammed by La Liga president Javier Tebas who labelled the comment as
'incoherent'.
He said: 'I think that, if you
look, you will see that his statements were not entirely consistent with what
he himself says in the interview.
'At the same time that he was
saying that perhaps the World Cup should be re-considered, he was also saying
that Spain is not a racist country.
'Let's remove what is
incoherent and keep what is coherent: that Spain is not a racist country, and
on that I agree with Vinicius.'
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