– Brazilian Felipe Luis has come under fire in his home country after downplaying the racist incident involving his compatriot Vinicius Junior during Real Madrid’s Champions League clash with Benfica.
The current Flamengo coach and former Atlético Madrid player described the incident as an “isolated case,” emphasising that he has always been treated well in Argentina and that the incident will not change his view of the country.
His comments sparked widespread anger in Brazilian sporting circles, with analysts and journalists publicly criticising him, arguing that what happened could not be dismissed as an isolated incident, but rather part of a wider context of Brazilian players suffering racist abuse in some stadiums.
