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Jun 2024
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Another Take: Will Spanish football tack...

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Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on May 26, 2023. None of the dates or references from that time have been changed.

Three Valencia fans have been sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to racially insulting Real Madrid football player Vinícius Júnior. In May 2023, the fans were filmed chanting the racial epithet “monkey” at the Afro-Brazilian player after an altercation on the pitch. 

In this episode: 

  • Moha Gerehou (@MohaGerehou) Journalist and Anti-Racism Activist
  • Tim Vickery (@Tim_Vickery) Football Journalist Based in Brazil

Episode credits:

This episode was updated by Sarí el-Khalili. The original production team was Sonia Bhagat, Ashish Malhotra, Miranda Lin, Alexandra Locke, and our host Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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