During a recent interview with CNN, Vinicius Junior called on Spain to do more in the fight against racism. As part of this Real Madrid The striker also said the country would lose its right to host the 2030 World Cup if insufficient progress is made in the run-up to the tournament.
Dani Carvajal replied to his club teammate on Wednesday, and less than 24 hours later, the Spanish government had its say. Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who is interior minister, rejected suggestions that Spain is a racist country (via Diary ASHowever, he did express his concern about the number of incidents taking place in the sporting world.
“All I can say is that our country is a country where respect for diversity is part of our DNA and therefore of our effective and direct fight against all discriminatory behaviour.
“We are concerned about sports. We continue to work on the new instruction issued by the Secretary of State for Security to further clarify the role of the security coordinator within his powers.”
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