Valencia has denied the statements by Rodrygo Goes, in which he insisted that the entire Mestalla stadium called Vinícius a “monkey”, in the match that faced them against Real Madrid on May 21.
“I was there on the field and I saw the entire stadium screaming monkey,” said the striker at the concentration of the Brazilian team in Barcelona. Valencia has responded with a statement in which it describes the statements as “serious lies” and asks that the forward rectify his words.
“As did his coach, Carlo Ancelotti, who rectified his words after the game, we ask Rodrygo Goes to also rectify these falsehoods. Valencia CF reserves the right to take the pertinent legal measures to defend the honor of our club and fans.” , dictates the statement.
The black and white also reiterated their commitment to the fight against racism. “Likewise, and once again, we want to ratify our strongest condemnation of any type of racism or violence and we demonstrate this by expelling the three fans involved in this unfortunate incident for life. There is no doubt about our fight and commitment to eradicate this social scourge.”
This is how one more episode is added to the snowball that has occurred after the meeting between madridistas and valencianistas. And it is that as mentioned, Carlo Ancelotti already offered some affirmations like those of Rodrygo, after the game last May. “I’ve never seen a whole stadium being racist and yelling ‘monkey, monkey, monkey,'” he said.
After these statements, the Italian rectified his words, since Valencia came out with a statement in which he demanded respect for his fans. In addition, the club’s spokesman, Javier Solís, declared that “we understand that when Ancelotti realizes the error he will have to apologize for the very serious statements that he has made.”
“I wasn’t referring to the entire Mestalla, just the group of fans who insulted them”, were Ancelotti’s words after the pronunciation of the Valencian team. Now they urge Rodrygo to do the same. “We ask once again for the utmost respect for our fans and that they not be attacked with false information and hoaxes,” the statement said.
The Brazilian’s statements came after being asked about racism towards Vinícius and in which he also said that he does not consider Spain a racist country. “Many people talk that Spain is racist. I live here and I affirm that Spain is not a racist country.”
