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'Keep on dancing Vini'- Twitter along with Neymar, Pele lend support to Vinicius after 'Racist' remark

Twitter has come to Vinicius Jr after the Brazilian was attacked for his goal celebration by Atletico player and supporters.

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Football is a spectator sport; something that fans go to in order to enjoy some time away from their mundane lives. It is also highly stressed that footballers themselves should enjoy the game as much as they can. Every legendary football player has reiterated that time and again that players should enjoy their game as much as possible.

It is why criticism of Real Madrid player Vinicius Junior’s goal celebration is facing innumerable backlashes on social media. For the unaware, the whole Vinicius dance saga began when Pedro Bravo, a Spanish football panellist at El Chiringuito criticised Vinicius and said, “You have to respect your opponents. When you score a goal, if you want to dance Samba, you should go to sambodromo in Brazil. You have to respect your mates and stop playing the monkey.”

His comments soon reverberated throughout Spanish football with many calling Vinicius disrespectful for dancing. Atletico player Koke also concurred with Bravo’s comments and said, “There would be trouble, for sure (that is) to be expected. If in the end he scores and decided to dance, well, it’s what he wants to do.”

Soon though, a large section of the football fraternity came in the young Brazilian’s support. Players like Neymar, Pele, other footballers as well as the club Real Madrid have lent their support to the 22-year-old and have asked him to continue dancing and enjoying his football.

Now, Vinicius has come out and defended his celebration. In a video post, he said, "They say that happiness bothers, the happiness of a victorious black Brazilian in Europe bothers much more.

"But my desire to win, my smile and the sparkle in my eyes are much bigger than that. You can't even imagine it. I was a victim of a xenophobic and racist comment. But none of that started yesterday."

"Weeks ago they began to criminalize my dances. Dances that are not mine. They belong to Ronaldo, Neymar, Paqueta, Griezzmann, Jao Felix, Matheus Cunha… they belong to Brazilian funk and samba artists, reggaeton singers, and black Americans. Those are dances to celebrate the cultural diversity of the world. Accept it, respect it. I'm not going to stop."

It would be interesting to see how Wanda Metropolitano reacts if Vinicius scores against Atletico and dances in their meeting on 19th September.

Twitter was buzzing with the controversy with all of the cricketing fraternity joining in to support Vinicius Jr. Let’s look at some of them.

 

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