Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez spoke about the racist insults directed to Vinicius at Mestalla, during the celebration of the Euroleague basketball title: "I want to announce that Real Madrid will not tolerate any more racist incidents with our players. To do this the arbitration structure must be changed so that the victim of the crime cannot be held responsible, as is happening now."
"The society we live in does not deserve the incidents that have been repeated with our player. Sport is a meeting point of values", the president continued.
Florentino also mentioned the VAR in other parts of his speech: "We have seen how a tool, the VAR, wanted to help improve football and it was seen in Mestalla that it did not work properly. You cannot blame the victim for what happened, Vinicius".