My people, wahala don land again for football o! Na real matter wey we go yarn today. Vinícius Júnior, Real Madrid sharp striker, don blast say racists na ‘cowards’ wey need to put their shirts for mouth to show how weak dem be!
This drama start when Vinícius score one fine goal for Champions League match against Benfica waka by Gianluca Prestianni, di guy wey allegedly abuse am with monkey talk after e celebrate for crowd. Na serious gbege as referee stop di match for like 10 minutes;
Kylian Mbappé, Vinícius mate, come be like ‘enough is enough’ as e shout say make Prestianni no fit play again for Champions League. Gist be say Vinícius run go report di matter to di referee, François Letexier, wey respond with racism protocol. Dem gree pause di match make everybody settle.
Vinícius take to Instagram later, dey talk say, “Racists are above all cowards. Dem need to put their shirts in their mouths to show how weak dem be.” E don yak plenty about how dis one no be di first time wey dem dey disturb am with racist jargons; the boy go need heavy strength to carry dis kind load, but e dey try!
But e no end there o! Prestianni don deny say him no insult Vini, e claim say na misunderstanding. E take to Instagram dey beg make everybody cool down. But wetin we go call this one? Na wetin, my people? Me I no sabi o!
Mourinho dey try play peacemaker as e talk say Vinícius provoke di crowd with im celebration. Wetin be dat? So e mean say if person score goal, make e no rejoice? Dis yarning just dey vex everybody for di matter. Mbappé and di rest dey talk say make dem deal with dis racism wahala once and for all, say football no suppose be about dis kind gbege.
The whole match dey heat up as objects dey rain down from di crowd, e be like say na warfront as Vinícius dey deal with everything from di crowd. Arbeloa, Madrid coach, come talk say di matter serious, wey dem need to ask Prestianni wetin e talk finish.
Later, dem go resume di match, Real Madrid carry di 1-0 win go house but di heavy cloud of racism no fit leave di pitch. Desmond Tutu go dey roll for e grave if e dey see wetin dey happen for football nowadays.
As dis thing dey unfold, UEFA don join to investigate di matter. Dem fit drop any sanctions on di players wey dey carry di gbege come. But no be today dem go finish this wahala. Football na beautiful game, but if we no fit clear di rascality wey dey under di surface, wetin we dey play for? Dis na di question wey go dey hang for everybody mind.
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