Vinicius was insulted on Sunday with shouts of "monkey" from the stands of Mestalla. He watched the game go ahead after a few minutes of interruption.

And he ended up expelled after attacking the Valencian Hugo Duro. Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, came to his defense at the G7 summit: "We cannot allow fascism and racism to take over the stadiums" The New York Times stressed that the racist insults that reverberate in the stands "are not uncommon or new"