The president of the Liga League apologizes for insulting Vinicius

La Liga president Javier Tebas apologized on Wednesday for the online insults suffered by Real Madrid player Vinicius Junior last Sunday after the Brazilian player took to social media to complain about the racist insults he had been subjected to and La Liga’s failure to take any action. .

Tebas said in an interview in press statements: “Well, it seems that the result was not very good, right?” Referring to his heavily criticized comments on Twitter in which he suggested Vinicius should research more about what the League is doing to combat racism “before you criticize and defame the League.”

And he added, “I say to everyone who understood that this was a mistake because of the method and because of the timing … that he owes an apology,” adding that he had no intention of attacking Vinicius, blaming it on “the excitement of the moment,” adding: “I apologize to Vinicius and anyone who understood that I was attacking.” Vinicius”.

He said he felt “powerless” to tackle racism in football because, under Spanish law, the domestic league can only detect and report racist incidents, and urged legislative changes to have punitive powers to enable it to combat racism more effectively.