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Real Madrid attacker Vinicius Jr makes new statement: Death wishes, hanging dummy...

Real Madrid attacker Vinicius Jr has released a new statement after Sunday's controversy at Valencia.

Vinicius Jr was the subject of racist chants during the defeat which ended with him being sent off for slapping Hugo Duro.

In a new statement, the Brazilian declared on social media:

"Every away game is a nasty surprise. And there were many this season. Death wishes, hanging dummy, many criminal shouts.... All recorded.

"But the discourse always falls back on 'isolated cases', 'one fan'. No, they are not isolated cases. They are continuous episodes spread across several cities in Spain (and even in a television program).

"The evidence is in the video. Now I ask: how many of these racists had names and photos exposed on websites? I answer to make it easier: zero. None to tell a sob story or make those fake public apologies.

"What is missing to criminalize these people? And punish the clubs sportingly? Why don't the sponsors get paid for LaLiga? Don't the TV stations bother to rebroadcast this barbarity every weekend?

"The problem is very serious and communications no longer work. Nor blame me to justify criminal acts.

"It's not soccer, it's inhuman."

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