{"id":109870,"date":"2026-02-24T13:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/arbeloa-demands-uefa-take-firm-action-against-racism-towards-vinicius\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:36:26","slug":"arbeloa-demands-uefa-take-firm-action-against-racism-towards-vinicius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/arbeloa-demands-uefa-take-firm-action-against-racism-towards-vinicius\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbeloa Demands UEFA Take Firm Action Against Racism Towards Vin\u00edcius"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Arbeloa demands strong action from UEFA against racism<\/h2>\n\nReal Madrid coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa has urged UEFA to take severe measures against the alleged racist and homophobic insults directed at Brazilian player Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior by Gianluca Prestianni, a Benfica footballer.\n\nIn a press conference prior to the next European match, Arbeloa emphasized the need for UEFA to demonstrate that its commitment against racism goes beyond symbolic statements, translating into concrete actions.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>No action on the field of play justifies racism.<\/p>\n\n<cite>\u00c1lvaro Arbeloa<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nArbeloa firmly defended Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior, highlighting his performance and leadership within the team. He stated that the player is motivated and in optimal condition for the next match.\n\nOn the other hand, the coach preferred not to comment on the recent statements made by the president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta. Arbeloa did mention that the &#8220;Negreira case&#8221; continues to be the most worrying issue in Spanish football.\n\nArbeloa&#8217;s statement comes at a time of growing attention on protocols and sanctions against racism in European football, pending a possible disciplinary decision by UEFA.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arbeloa demands strong action from UEFA against racism Real Madrid coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa has urged UEFA to take severe measures against the alleged racist and homophobic insults directed at Brazilian player Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior by Gianluca Prestianni, a Benfica footballer. In a press conference prior to the next European match, Arbeloa emphasized the need for UEFA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[11375,2277,2890,402],"class_list":{"0":"post-109870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-arbeloa","9":"tag-racism","10":"tag-uefa","11":"tag-vinicius-junior"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109870","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=109870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}