6 VAR La Liga Referees Fired Due To Vinicius Junior's Case

Real Madrid player Vinicius Junior. (Photo: Twitter/@realmadrid)

JAKARTA - The act of racism that befell Vinicius Junior finally took "victims". Six VAR referees were fired from their jobs.

This decision was taken by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Referee's Technical Committee. They found evidence that the six VAR referees had made a mistake.

As previously reported, Vinicius Jr. received racist treatment from the host's tribune supporters when the player received a red card, because his slap in the direction of Hugo Duro, who was previously seen strangling Vinicius Jr in a riot. According to Marca's report, the decision to fire the referee was due to an image sent to referee De Burgos Bengoechea in the field, which in the process made Vinicius red-carded, incomplete describing the situation completely. "They couldn't find a reason why the image sent only the Brazilian player hit Hugo Duro's face and not the whole incident," wrote RFEF, Tuesday local time. Through a social media account, Vinicius condemned the racism of the fans and he also felt La Liga was less acting in dealing with the problem. Meanwhile, Real Madrid issued an official statement regarding the incident against Valencia. "The Real Madrid Football Club strongly criticized the action that took place yesterday against our player Vinicius Junior," the club's official statement said, as reported by Antara. REAL Madrid said that they would take legal action against those of those who were responsible for the dishonorable action. Meanwhile, Real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti coach criticized La Liga for an incident like this is still going on. "I am calm, but this action should not happen," Ancelotti said after the match. "For a stadium shouting a'monet' at a player and a coach should pull him out (Vinicius) out of the field because of that. There is something wrong with this league, "Ancelotti emphasized.