{"id":500631,"date":"2026-02-20T21:41:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/filipe-luis-reaffirms-his-rejection-of-racism-and-clarifies-his-statements-about-vinicius\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:41:54","slug":"filipe-luis-reaffirms-his-rejection-of-racism-and-clarifies-his-statements-about-vinicius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/football\/filipe-luis-reaffirms-his-rejection-of-racism-and-clarifies-his-statements-about-vinicius\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipe Lu\u00eds reaffirms his rejection of racism and clarifies his statements about Vin\u00edcius"},"content":{"rendered":"S\u00e3o Paulo. \u2013 Flamengo coach Filipe Lu\u00eds clarified this Friday that at no time did he try to minimize the seriousness of racism after referring to the insult reported by Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior in a European match as an “isolated case.”\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong>MLS starts its last annual season with Messi as the star and James as a stellar reinforcement<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\nThe coach’s statements came after the 1-0 defeat against Lan\u00fas in the first leg of the Recopa Sudamericana, played in Argentina, and generated strong criticism in Brazil.\n\n\n

\u201cRacism is unacceptable\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\nIn a public statement, Filipe Lu\u00eds emphasized that racism is “an unacceptable behavior that must be fought and punished firmly,” and acknowledged that his words may have led to misinterpretations due to the sensitivity of the issue.\n\nThe former Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid and Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a player insisted that his position is “non-negotiable” 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 “full support” for Vin\u00edcius, current Real Madrid forward and trained in the lower categories of Flamengo.\n\n\n

The Champions episode<\/h3>\n\n\nThe controversy arose after the complaint by Vin\u00edcius, who claimed that the Argentinian Gianluca Prestianni, a Benfica player, hurled a racist insult at him during a UEFA Champions League match.\n\nIn a press conference, Filipe Lu\u00eds had pointed out that he was always well-treated in Argentina and affirmed that an “isolated case” did not change his perception of the country, a comment that sparked questions in the media and social media.\n\n\n

Open debate in Brazil<\/h3>\n\n\nBrazilian journalists and commentators considered that qualifying the event as isolated could be interpreted as a minimization of the problem. The discussion rekindled the debate on the responsibility of public figures in football in the face of racism allegations and the need for firm responses in international competitions.\n\nIn his final clarification, Filipe Lu\u00eds reiterated that he never wanted to diminish the suffering of Vin\u00edcius and reaffirmed his absolute rejection of any form of discrimination in sport.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo. \u2013 Flamengo coach Filipe Lu\u00eds clarified this Friday that at no time did he try to minimize the seriousness of racism after referring to the insult reported by Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior in a European match as an “isolated case.” You may be interested in:MLS starts its last annual season with Messi as the star […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[611,40231,40853],"class_list":["post-500631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-football","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26eH","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}