Dani Carvajal Responds to Vinicius Jr: Real Madrid and Spanish defender Dani Carvajal respond to his club teammate Vinicius Jr.’s call on World Cup 2030 hosting. Spain has gained the right to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup along with Portugal and Morocco.
Background
Vinicius Jr. has been a victim of racism in Spain multiple times during his Real Madrid games. The Ballon d’Or favorite has been vocal against these, but the Spanish Football Association has failed to take strong action against the violators. Citing this, Vinicius Jr. questioned Spain’s right to host the FIFA World Cup in 2030.
Dani Carvajal Responds to Vinicius Jr. Over Call for Stripping Spain’s Right to Host World Cup 2030
Responding to this, Dani Carvajal said that it’s just a small group in the country that are causing problems. Cancelling Spain’s World Cup hosting rights doesn’t seem fair to the right back. According to him, La Liga is improving in tackling racism.
“I think LaLiga is improving and developing protocols regarding racism to ensure that the unruly people who go to stadiums to insult others based on their skin colour can’t attend sporting events anymore,” he stated.
“But beyond that small group of people, I don’t believe Spain doesn’t deserve to host the World Cup. It’s a country with a very high cultural diversity; we shouldn’t doubt that it’s not racist because there are many cultures in our country. I grew up in a neighbourhood in Leganés surrounded by many nationalities, and I can proudly say that we are not a racist country.”
Carvajal, though, expressed his support to his teammate in the issue.
“We, as his teammates and the coach as well, have made it clear that we are against any form of racism in the stadiums, which is what concerns us. I know what Vini suffers in those moments, having been close to him, and we support him both internally and publicly,” Carvajal said during a press conference in Belgrade with the Spanish national team.
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