ビニシウス、友人の差別被害明かす　反差別の親善試合会場で

【バルセロナＡＦＰ＝時事】サッカーブラジル代表のビニシウス・ジュニオールが１８日、前日に行われたギニアとの国際親善試合で、自身の友人がスタジアムの警備員から人種差別を受けたと告発した。（写真はサッカー国際親善試合、ブラジル対ギニア。相手選手とボールを競るブラジルのビニシウス・ジュニオール〈中央〉）
　試合はバルセロナのＲＣＤＥスタジアムで行われ、ブラジルが４－１でギニアに快勝。ブラジルは、ビニシウスが所属するレアル・マドリードで相手チームのファンから差別されたことへの抗議として、全身黒のユニホームで試合に臨んだ。
　しかしビニシウスは自身のツイッターで「僕が早くも歴史になった黒のユニホームでプレーし、感傷的になっている間、友人がスタジアムの入り口でばかにされ、侮辱を受けていた」と明かし、「残念な仕打ちだ。すべてを明らかにするため、責任者に聞きたい。監視カメラの映像はどこにある？」と続けた。
　ブラジルのスポーツニュースサイト「グロボ・エスポルテ」によると、差別を受けたのはアドバイザーを務めるビニシウスの友人で、警備員はポケットからバナナを取り出して「手を挙げろ。これがお前に対する私の銃だ」と言ったとされる。現場には他に３人のビニシウスのスタッフがおり、４人は警察に通報して苦情を申し立てたという。
　ブラジルのテレビ局スポルＴＶが公開した映像には、両者が激しく言い争う様子が映っている。警備会社は差別を否定していると、ブラジルメディアは伝えている。
　ブラジルサッカー連盟は、この件を把握してすぐに行動を起こし、警察と試合の主催者に「今回の新たな差別の犠牲者に対する全面サポートと保護」を要請したとコメントし、「徹底的に激しく闘わなくてはならない犯罪だ」と批判した。連盟のエジナウド・ロドリゲス会長は「きょう再び、別の犯罪が白日の下にさらされた」と述べた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/06/19-16:34）

Vinicius Junior complained Sunday about an alleged racist act by stadium security aimed at one of his staff before the friendly between Brazil and Guinea in Barcelona.
The Selecao wore black shirts in the 4-1 victory at Espanyol's stadium on Saturday night, to protest against racial discrimination after Real Madrid winger Vinicius had been abused by Valencia fans, provoking global outrage in May. It was one of several incidents in which Vinicius was racially abused in Spain.
While I was playing in the already historic black shirt and getting emotional, my friend was humiliated and mocked at the entrance to the stadium, wrote Vinicius on Twitter early Sunday.
The treatment was sad ... to make everything public, I ask those responsible: where is the security camera footage?
During a search at the entrance to the stadium, a security guard allegedly abused Vinicius' friend and advisor, Felipe Silveira, 27.
Hands up, this is my gun for you, he is accused of saying, while taking a banana out of his pocket, according to an extract from the complaint filed by the player's friend, published by Brazilian news website Globo Esporte.
Silveira and three other members of Vinicius' staff complained and called police to the scene, the Brazilian website added.
Footage broadcast by Brazilian channel SporTV shows heated exchanges between the player's friends and staff at the stadium.
The guard and the security company denied the allegations, Brazilian media reported.
The Brazilian football federation (CBF) said they had taken action as soon as it became aware of the complaint and called on the police and match organisers to give their full support and protection to yet another victim of racism, a crime that must be fought vehemently and relentlessly.
Today, once again, another criminal has been publicly exposed, said CBF president Ednaldo Rodrigues.
Vinicius, 22, has been the victim of racist abuse on many occasions in the past two seasons.
Brazil decided the friendly was a good opportunity to strike back as the match was staged on Spanish soil.
In a powerful move, Brazil abandoned their iconic yellow and green shirts and were instead kitted out in an all-black strip in a stand against racism for the first half of the game.
The Brazilian Football Confederation was behind the gesture accompanied by the slogan of Com racismo nao tem jogo (With racism, there is no game).
Vinicius himself, wearing the number 10 shirt, got on the score sheet with an 88th minute penalty, by this time kitted out in Brazil's usual colours.
Earlier in the week the Spanish and Brazilian football federations presented their plan for a friendly match at the Santiago Bernabeu in March 2024 to combat racism following global outrage at the abuse of Vinicius.
World football governing body FIFA also announced plans to create an anti-racism taskforce in which Vinicius would have a prominent role.