Pepe Reina says Vinicius must be more mature and stop provoking fans

Pepe Reine gave his view amidst the racist storm that has spread over the footballing world after the infamous Vinicius Jr. incident, which saw the Brazilian being subjected to racial abuse.

The former Liverpool and Spain goalkeeper said that the 22-year-old must be more mature and must also stop provoking opponent’s fans.

According to Reina, Vinicius would earn more respect if he stopped the provocations and constant complaints to the referees.

The 40-year-old condemned the culprits of the racial abuse, but underlined that Spain is not a racist country, as it was claimed by Vinicius after the match.

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‘First and foremost, any racist behaviour must be stopped. But then, I do not believe that there is racism in all the stadiums in Spain or that an entire stadium is racist.’ Reina said.

‘Those four, eight or one thousand who called Vinicius a ‘monkey’ must be condemned. It is sad that this happens.

‘Having said that, I see that sometimes it’s not just racism, it’s not that a fan is racist or not, but rather that they take it out on a specific player, because he can talk too much at one point.

‘Spain is not racist, or at least not more racist than other countries, although there are the racist attitudes of some fools.’