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Turbulent clashes in 2023 and 2025 have turned Mestalla into hostile territory for Vinicius Jr, but the Brazilian will miss Real Madrid’s trip to Valencia for the second season running through suspension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winger is set to serve the final match of his four-game suspension for pulling Nathaniel Saliba’s hair during Madrid’s encounter with Villarreal on 10 October, meaning his league return must wait until the clash with Celta on 21 November following the international break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Vini’ was also spared the trip to Mestalla on 8 February. Alvaro Arbeloa’s Real Madrid secured a 2-0 victory that day courtesy of goals from Alvaro Carreras and Kylian Mbappe, who deputised on the left flank in the Brazilian’s place as Gonzalo Garcia led the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On that occasion, the ‘Merengue’ No 7 sat out after picking up his fifth yellow card a week prior for shoving Ilias Akhomach against Rayo. Several observers suspected that his moment of madness was hardly coincidental. Theories aside, his visits to the venue in recent years have been unpleasnt amid tensions with the Valencia faithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From racial abuse to “down to Segunda” taunts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bitter feud stems from their meeting on 21 May 2023, when Vinicius Jr was subjected to an abhorrent episode of racist abuse. Match reports detailed widespread chants of “mono, mono” (“monkey, monkey”), which led to three supporters receiving eight-month prison sentences alongside two-year stadium bans from LaLiga and RFEF fixtures. The Competition Committee also overturned the red card shown to him by referee De Burgos Bengoetxea for striking Hugo Duro, given the striker had grabbed him by the neck moments earlier and VAR had failed to review the full passage of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vinicius returned the following year for another fiery encounter fraught with friction between the crowd and the forward, though no further racist incidents unfolded as he issued his response on the pitch with a brace. His last outing on the banks of the Turia arrived on 3 January 2025 and yielded fresh controversy: the Madrid star saw red after lashing out at goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski, before proceeding to taunt the crowd with “down to Segunda” relegation gestures while the stands chanted “tonto, tonto” (“fool, fool”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly two years on, the Real Madrid winger has yet to cross the threshold at Mestalla again\u2014two fixtures, two absences through suspension. Jose Mourinho has even granted him permission to travel to Dubai in the coming days, where he will take part in promotional filming for a club sponsor before journeying to Singapore to feature in two friendlies for Brazil against Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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