Cañizares hints at the homophobic slurs he received while sending a message to Vinicius

Valencia vetoed the presence of a Brazilian production company at the Mestalla, which was planning to take advantage of Real Madrid’s visit to record images for a Netflix documentary about Vinicius. It’s something that Canizares, who was the captain of Che’s team, understands. And the former goalkeeper returned to his active days to point out that he never called an entire fan base homophobic, despite the abuse he received in stadiums for dyeing his hair.

Regarding Valencia’s refusal to film part of the documentary about Vinicius in their stadium, Cañizares said: “The documentary is owned by a Brazilian production company, and Brazil received completely distorted information about what happened that day in Mestalla.. Valencians are offended that the image of Valencia as a racist city has been transmitted abroad, which is not true. If we see comments on the Brazilian networks about the fire in Valencia, we feel sick, and all this is a consequence of the image transmitted from the city. There is a fear here that if a production company comes to film the Mestalla stand, we do not want these people, the most radical and rude, to be the image of Valencia.. “We want them to be recorded in another way: by public order forces.”

Cañizares and the homophobic slurs he received

Regarding the homophobic slurs he received by hitting Vinicius, Cañizares stressed: “It never occurred to me to say that all the fans in the stadium were homophobic. Yes, I once said that there are people who should not be in the fields.“