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La Liga will file an official complaint to the Pamplona court after Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior was subject to racist abuse during their 2-0 win at Osasuna on Saturday.
Video was captured of a fan at Osasuna’s El Sadar stadium racially abusing Vinicius Jr during the celebrations of Marco Asensio’s injury-time goal.
La Liga will refer the incident to the courts, as it did when Vinicius Jr was abused in Mallorca earlier this month.
Sources familiar with the situation point out that Mallorca’s help was instrumental in locating this person.
And, at the beginning of next week, the fan.
BBC Sport looks at the plague of racism in Spanish football, with Vinicius Jr repeatedly targeted, and whether anything is actually being done to stop it.