{"id":109652,"date":"2026-02-23T04:56:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/filipe-luis-says-racism-is-unacceptable-support-vinicius\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T04:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:56:28","slug":"filipe-luis-says-racism-is-unacceptable-support-vinicius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/filipe-luis-says-racism-is-unacceptable-support-vinicius\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipe Lu\u00eds says: Racism is unacceptable, support Vin\u00edcius"},"content":{"rendered":"S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Flamengo coach Filipe Lu\u00eds issued statements this Friday clarifying his position on the racism incident involving Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior.\n\nThe coach&#8217;s words came after the 1-0 defeat against Lan\u00fas in the first leg of the Recopa Sudamericana, which generated various reactions.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Firm Stance Against Racism<\/h2>\n\n\nFilipe Lu\u00eds emphasized that racism is completely unacceptable and must be firmly combated.\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\nThe coach acknowledged that his previous statements may have been misinterpreted due to the sensitivity of the topic.\n\nThe former Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid and Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a player insisted on his unwavering stance against racism, recalling that it is a crime in Brazil and must be treated with the same rigor anywhere.\n\nIn addition, he expressed his full support for Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior, Real Madrid forward and trained in the lower categories of Flamengo.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Champions League Incident<\/h2>\n\n\nThe controversy arose following the complaint by Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior, 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 that an &#8220;isolated case&#8221; would not change his perception of the country.\n\nThis comment generated criticism in various media and on social media.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Debate in Brazil<\/h2>\n\n\nFilipe Lu\u00eds&#8217;s statement reignited the debate about the responsibility of public figures in football regarding cases of racism and the need for strong responses in international competitions.\n\nIn his final statement, Filipe Lu\u00eds reiterated that he never intended to minimize Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior&#8217;s suffering and reaffirmed his absolute rejection of any form of discrimination in sport.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Flamengo coach Filipe Lu\u00eds issued statements this Friday clarifying his position on the racism incident involving Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior. The coach&#8217;s words came after the 1-0 defeat against Lan\u00fas in the first leg of the Recopa Sudamericana, which generated various reactions. Firm Stance Against Racism Filipe Lu\u00eds emphasized that racism is completely unacceptable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[5018,4059,2277,402],"class_list":{"0":"post-109652","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\/109652","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=109652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}