LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)-Vinicius Junior has promised to visit his old team “one day” while watching the Flamengo-Vasco da Gama derby at the Maracana.
The Brazilian attacker, who finished the European season with Real Madrid, has taken a flight to Rio to take a brief break from the game.
He watched his former team Flamengo defeat Vasco 4-1 in a derby match at the Maracana.
The forward entered the field during halftime and was presented with a jersey with his name and number on the back by both teams.
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“It’ll take a while, but I will be back one day (to Flamengo). Very happy to be here at Maracana, at Flamengo and at a classic. Very happy for everything they did for me. That I can stand firm to continue the fight for those to come,” he said.
Flamengo and Cruzeiro showed their solidarity by sitting down for the first 36 seconds of their Serie A match in the final week of May after coming out of the tunnel wearing t-shirts with a message against racism in response to Vinicius receiving racial abuse in Spain during Real Madrid’s 1-0 loss at Valencia.
To demonstrate support for him, Flamengo players wore their jerseys with the phrase “All with Vinicius Jr.” emblazoned on them the entire time.
