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Real Madrid's 2-1 win against Atletico in the Madrid Derby was overshadowed by racial abuse directed towards Brazil forward Vinicius Jr by the home fans.

A clip of the Atletico Madrid fans racially abusing the 22-year-old went viral on social media, inviting criticism from football fans across the globe. Hundreds of Atletico fans gathered outside the stadium and hurled racist chants in Spanish toward Vinicius. The game was marred with controversy as the Atletico fans continuously directed vile abuse at Vinicius.

Vinícius Júnior has not directly addressed the racism he suffered at the hands of Atlético Madrid fans on Sunday, but he took understandable pleasure in ...

Asked what the Metropolitano’s reaction would be were the player to celebrate a goal by dancing, he told reporters: “It would kick off, I’m sure.” [could be heard singing](https://en.as.com/soccer/vinicius-subject-to-racist-abuse-in-real-madrids-win-over-atletico-n/) “Vinícius, you are a monkey” prior to Sunday’s derby, while racist chants were also audible in the stadium during the game. Although Vinícius did not get on the scoresheet against Atlético, he had a major part to play in Madrid’s second goal, scored 10 minutes before half time. He also added the line: “And nothing ever changes.” It’s a real party. It’s a dance.

Racist chanting from a group of Atlético Madrid fans towards Real Madrid player Vinícius Jr. was caught on camera ahead of the Madrid derby on Sunday.

"Since my intention was not to offend anyone, I sincerely apologize, I'm sorry." [wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Atleti/status/1571563985631076353) [since apologized on Twitter](https://twitter.com/PedroBravoJ/status/1570596236755075073)

La Liga has stated it will work with the authorities to identify those involved with racist chanting towards Vinicius Junior.

"It was a racist comment," said Neville. "So now, we'll see what MLS does about it. "It was unacceptable. "We work with clubs to keep our football friendly and enjoyable. A word was used. Bravo has since apologised for his comments.

Atletico Madrid fans were filmed racially abusing Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior outside their Metropolitano Stadium.

I think that's the major problem in stadiums, because it feels like you come to a stadium and you can shout whatever you want without any consequences, and obviously if it's racism and it's heard by cameras or mics OK, maybe you can do something against it, but otherwise people come to the stadium and they throw things, they shout disturbing things, and that's the big problem. I don't mean here at Atletico Madrid, I mean all over the world in every stadium you go as a rival, sometimes I'm shocked at what I see and hear behind my goal. "It's all about education, if I go with my kids and they say one bad thing like this in a stadium they're grounded for a month. "We have to call it how it is, it's a disgrace. Obviously it can be a minority of fans but it's a disgrace. "There are kids who are six, seven, eight, nine years old and their parents are insulting me in the worst way.