A furious Carlo Ancelotti reacts to Vinícius incident during Real Madrid defeat

A furious Carlo Ancelotti spoke after Real Madrid’s 1-0 defeat to Valencia on Sunday about what happened with Vinícius at Mestalla.

The Italian refused to talk about football with Movistar, saying that LaLiga has a problem with racism.

How would you judge your team’s performance?

I don’t want to talk about football. Do you want to talk about football?

And what do you want to talk about?

About what happened here. I think that’s more important. More important than a defeat, don’t you? I’m calm, but what happened today shouldn’t happen. For a stadium to shout “monkey” at a player and for a coach to think about taking him off for that... There’s something wrong with this league.

What did Vinícius say to you?

He didn’t want to play on. I told him that I didn’t think it was fair, it wasn’t his fault, he wasn’t to blame. He continued playing, and he also got a senseless red card. That said, we have a problem. For me, Vinícius is one of the best in the world. These episodes of racism can’t happen, it was the whole stadium, not just one person, as on other occasions. It has to be stopped. And I would say the same if we won 3-0.

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Ancelotti: Vinícius is sad

What did you say to the referee?

I told him he has to stop the match. He told me that the protocol says that you have to report it, but he has been insulted from the first minute.

How is Vinícius?

He’s very sad, angry... no, it’s sadness. This can’t happen.

What is the solution?

Stop the match. For me, it’s to stop the match. It’s clear that this can’t go on, it’s impossible. He is the player who receives the most fouls and the most insults.