While Carlo Ancelotti and Diego Pablo Simeone gave messages of calm before the derby, Neymar took it upon himself to heat up Sunday’s derby with his comments. If on Friday he encouraged his Brazil teammate Vinicius to dance, now he asked him to score a goal against Atletico Madrid.
Vinicius and his dancing are on everyone’s lips. Koke said that if he scored and celebrated like that at the Metropolitano, “the most normal thing” is that there would be “trouble”.
Neymar wanted to show his support for the Real Madrid forward just before the derby against Atletico. On Friday he sent him a short message that quickly went viral. “Dance, Vini, dance,” he posted.
This Saturday, not satisfied with having already caused a stir, he wrote a message again, and this time to ask him to score against Atletico. In just a few minutes, his words went viral.
“Am I the only one who woke up wanting Vini to score a goal on Sunday?” he asked on his social networks. Along with these words the hashtag #BailaViniJr, which is used to support the ‘Merengue’ striker.
Vinicius, who has received racist insults in recent hours, sent a message to all those who dare to insult him: “I was a victim of racism, but I won’t stop dancing”.
Football legend Pele also posted on Twitter:
“Football is joy. It’s a dance. It’s a real party. Although racism still exists, we will not allow that to stop us from continuing to smile. And we will continue to fight racism this way: fighting for our right to be happy. #BailaViniJr“
