{"id":109532,"date":"2026-02-22T04:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/filipe-luis-condemns-racism-and-supports-vinicius-after-controversy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T04:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:56:26","slug":"filipe-luis-condemns-racism-and-supports-vinicius-after-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/filipe-luis-condemns-racism-and-supports-vinicius-after-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipe Lu\u00eds condemns racism and supports Vin\u00edcius after controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Filipe Lu\u00eds clarifies stance on racism after controversy over comments about Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior<\/h2>\n\nFlamengo coach Filipe Lu\u00eds has issued a statement to clarify his position regarding the comments he made about a racism incident involving Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior.\n\nThe controversy arose after Lu\u00eds referred to the insult suffered by Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior in a European match as an &#8220;isolated case.&#8221; These statements generated criticism in Brazil, especially after Flamengo&#8217;s defeat against Lan\u00fas in the Recopa Sudamericana.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Racism is unacceptable behavior, which must be fought and punished firmly.<\/p><cite>Filipe Lu\u00eds<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn his statement, Filipe Lu\u00eds emphasized that racism is unacceptable and must be firmly combated. He acknowledged that his words may have been misinterpreted due to the sensitivity of the issue.\n\nThe former Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid and Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a player reiterated that his position is &#8220;non-negotiable&#8221; and recalled that racism is a crime in Brazil, so it must be treated with the same rigor in any country.\n\nHe also expressed his &#8220;total support&#8221; for Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior, Real Madrid forward and trained in the lower categories of Flamengo.\n\nThe controversy arose after the complaint by Vin\u00edcius, who accused the Argentinian Gianluca Prestianni, a Benfica player, of uttering a racist insult during a UEFA Champions League match.\n\nIn a press conference, Filipe Lu\u00eds had commented that he was always treated well in Argentina and stated that an &#8220;isolated case&#8221; did not change his perception of the country.\n\nIn his final clarification, Filipe Lu\u00eds reiterated that he never wanted to minimize Vin\u00edcius&#8217; suffering and reaffirmed his absolute rejection of any form of discrimination in sport.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filipe Lu\u00eds clarifies stance on racism after controversy over comments about Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior Flamengo coach Filipe Lu\u00eds has issued a statement to clarify his position regarding the comments he made about a racism incident involving Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior. The controversy arose after Lu\u00eds referred to the insult suffered by Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior in a European match as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[5018,4059,2277,402],"class_list":{"0":"post-109532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-filipe-luis","9":"tag-flamengo","10":"tag-racism","11":"tag-vinicius-junior"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}