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Vin铆cius鈥� representatives on Tuesday said the demand is against Netflix and the producers of the documentary, and that the player doesn’t have anything to do with it.

A request for comment sent to Netflix was not immediately answered.

The documentary includes a social media video showing what appeared to be a large crowd at Mestalla Stadium chanting at Vin铆cius. The video has the word 鈥渕ono,鈥� Spanish for monkey, in the subtitles. But Valencia claims the fans were actually chanting 鈥渢onto,鈥� which is Spanish for silly.

鈥淏ecause of the injustice and falsehoods against Valencia fans, the club has demanded an immediate written rectification from the documentary鈥檚 production company regarding the events at Mestalla, which do not correspond to reality. The truth and respect for our fans must prevail. Valencia reserves the right to take legal action,” the club posted in a statement on X.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was quick to accuse the Valencia fans of racially insulting Vin铆cius, but later apologized after saying he realized that it wasn’t the entire stadium chanting the word monkey.

There were fans who did racially abuse Vin铆cius during that match. Three of them became the in racism-related cases in professional soccer in Spain, being handed eighth-month prison sentences.

During their trial, experts showed that the video with the subtitles 鈥渕onkey鈥� was edited and did not correspond to reality, according to Spanish media.

Vin铆cius, who was repeatedly subjected to racist insults, was in tears during that match against Valencia in 2023. He confronted a Valencia fan who called him a monkey and made monkey gestures from the stands behind one of the goals.

The Brazil forward initially didn’t want to continue playing that day. He eventually vowed to in the fight against racism.

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