Baraja’s opinion on Vinicius

Valencia coach Ruben Baraja assured this Friday that he hopes that Vinicius will come to the Mestalla “to defend his team, Real Madrid”, and that “they only talk about sports”, after last year he reported racist abuse from Valencia fans. .

Baraja, in a press conference before the match against Real Madrid, stated that after this racist situation, Valencia remained “firm” in what they consider to be “fair”, not to generalize about Valencia fans, but that this situation “served them”study, including Vinicius“.

“This situation helped us learn, including Vinicius. I want people to talk about sports, that’s what I would like because It’s unfortunate that this episode happened and it should help us all learn and focus on sports.“, said the Valencia coach.

“I already mentioned this then. We all know that there were three people who insulted and they were immediately provided to Valencia to stop the situation,” said Baraja, who, however, criticized it.Such behavior of three people does not give the right to call the entire stadium or the entire city something that does not exist.“.

Thus, he argued that Valencia fans did not need to “prove anything” because they had already demonstrated “exemplary behavior throughout their history” and justified the work of the club, which helped the police to identify people who insulted the club. Brazilian.

Baraja commented that Vinicius is “a great player and will want to show a good performance” but his players will try to “minimize his qualities, of which there are many.”

Finally, he asked fans to “react like they do” and stressed that Mestalla will press.but always with respect for all races, diversity and what this hobby represents. This is an opportunity to once again demonstrate to the fans who we are.“.