The wellbeing and safety of our fans is paramount, the team said in a statement posted online. Our decision should be understood in that context. The club also said it had been working to stamp out racism within the more extreme elements of its fan base. Our first-team squad consists of Muslims, Christian and Jewish players and our fan base also crosses the ethnic and religious divide, it said.
MADRID -- Spanish club Valencia said on Monday they filed a lawsuit against Netflix claiming falsehoods in a documentary about Brazil player Vinícius Júnior. Valencia said the documentary mistakenly accused a large group of Valencia fans of making racist chants against the Real Madrid forward in a LaLiga match in 2023. The club filed the lawsuit after its public demands for corrections by the documentary's production company were not fulfilled. The lawsuit is against Netflix and the production company for damaging "Valencia's honor." It seeks financial compensation, corrections of the subtitles in the documentary, and the publication of the sentencing, the club said.
The supervisory committee is investigating the incidents and initiating investigations against the respective clubs, a spokesman for the DFB told Germany's DPA news agency on Monday.