MONKEY GESTURES AT VINICIUS JR

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A video has gone viral of a girl at a 21 October game making monkey-like gestures at Real Madrid's Brazilian footballer, Vinicius Junior. During that game, another man was found doing the same. Vinicius later thanked the Spanish club for quickly expelling the man.

Then, during last weekend's El Clásico games between the La Liga football clubs of Barcelona and Real Madrid, Barcelona fans were heard shouting monkey sounds at Vinicius and they threw a banana at him. These racist attacks aren't new. Last season, an effigy of the footballer was photographed hanging from a bridge in Madrid, showing how far fans are willing to go to abuse him.

These acts shed light, once again, on the deeply entrenched racism in Spanish football.

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