after they beat udinese i o away on sunday evening. viniciusjunior says racism is normal in la liga after the real madrid star was shown a red card near the end of the game, having faced racist abuse from the stands in a 1 0 defeat at valencia on sunday. in a post on social media, vinicius said it wasn t the first time nor the second, nor the third. racism is normal in la liga. the competition thinks it s normal. the federation does too, and the opponents encourage it. i m so sorry. the championship that once belonged to ronaldinho, ronaldo, cristiano and messi, today belongs to racists. a beautiful nation which welcomed me and which i love, but which agreed to export the image of a racist country to the world. i m sorry for the spaniards who don t agree, but today in brazil, spain is known as a country of racists. and unfortunately for everything that happens each week, i have no defence. i agree, but i m strong and i will go to the end against racists, even if it s farfrom here. well
Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti broke down in tears after his side claimed their long-awaited third Serie A title with a 1-1 draw against Udinese on Thursday. Spalletti explained that it is the club’s fans who deserve this joy the most after 33 years of waiting. “Seeing the Partenopei smiling and happy is the biggest emotion
steve rosenberg there. that time there were 6.41. time now for a look at the sport. unrivalled celebrations in napoli. it s been fantastic. if you were to name a football great, diego maradona, it would be the first name to spring to mind and it was his old team who have won the league in italy for the first time since he used to pay for them, the last time they won, 33 years ago. massive celebrations. you can imagine, can t you? the celebrations went long into the night as napoli ended their 33 year wait for a league title in italy. they only needed a point at udinese, and afterfaling a goal behind, victor 0simhen struck his 22nd goal of the season ensuring it finished one all, giving napoli an unassailable 16 point lead at the top of the table. the players were mobbed after a pitch invasion at full time. it is their first league title since diego maradona captained them to glory in 1990.