Madrid mayor demands apology from Real Madrid star. The official did not like his last words
Yasmine Green
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
Recent statements from the Real Madrid camp that Spain should lose the right to host the 2030 World Cup have perplexed the leadership of the capital of the royal country.
Earlier, Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior said that if Spain did not solve the problems with racism, the international forum should be moved to another country. Madrid mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida criticised the Brazilian's words and demanded an apology from the Real star altogether:
‘We all know that there is racism in society and that we must work hard to eradicate it. But to say that we are a racist society and, moreover, to jeopardise the 2030 World Cup is very unfair to Spain and Madrid in particular.
I ask you to correct this, you must apologise, know that in the case of a racist episode we will all be on your side, but we will not be on your side when you say we are racist. Because that's not true. When you make a mistake, you have to correct it,’ Football Espana quoted the Madrid mayor as saying.
