La Liga set to file complaint against Barcelona for racist chants against Vinicius vs Real Madrid

The legendary Olympic Saint Montjuic had the honour of hosting the first El Clasico of the season tonight as Barcelona were set to lock horns against Real Madrid.

Xavi had his task cut out for him with several key players, including Pedri and Frenkie de Jong injured. Jules Kounde, Robert Lewandowski, and Raphinha just about made it to the bench, but were not given the green light to start the game.

Ilkay Gundogan was quick to open the scoring within ten minutes, after which Barcelona took control of the game. Up until the 68th minute, anyway, when Jude Bellingham struck a screamer to bring the scores level before winning the game in injury time.

During the game, one major standout point for Real Madrid was Vinicius Jr’s poor performance against Ronald Araujo once again. The Uruguayan got the better of his opponent through perfectly-timed tackles and just enough physical pressure.

He was asked to come off during injury time after Bellingham’s winner, and made the most out of the chance he had after a difficult 90 minutes, celebrating in front of a houseful Barcelona stadium.

The Montjuic did not react kindly to it, and racist insults were heard throughout the home stand, according to Tiempo de Juego. Chants of ‘monkey’ were heard from several parts of the stadium.

La Liga have taken note of this behavior by Barcelona fans, and will file a complaint against them to the competition committee, hoping either them or Barcelona takes action against the culprits by banning or fining them.

There was another incident that caused some controversy during the game as Vinicius went down to a tackle from Araujo, before having an interaction with Xavi on the touchline.

The Barcelona coach explained it in the post-game presser, saying “I respect and admire Vinicius. I told him, it was not a foul, and I caressed him.”

Vinicius has been the target of several racist insults in La Liga with the likes of Sevilla and Valencia fans verbally attacking him.