Alleged racial abuse of Vinicius probed

Barcelona said it would investigate alleged racist abuse of Vinicius Junior in its 2-1 Clasico defeat by Real Madrid on Saturday.

A video published by Spanish media outlets appeared to show a home supporter calling the Brazilian winger a "monkey", while an object that looks like a banana skin also appears to be thrown from elsewhere.

"FC Barcelona will always defend the values of football and sport such as respect for the opponent and we will investigate any racist insult that may have occurred this afternoon during the match against Real Madrid," said the Catalan club on X, formerly Twitter.

Vinicius, jeered by fans at Barca's temporary Olympic Stadium home throughout, particularly upset them when he was substituted after Jude Bellingham scored his second goal in stoppage time to win Madrid the game.

The 23-year-old walked off slowly, turning to the stands to celebrate, pumping his fists, with Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti pulling him off the pitch by the arm.

"He came off very calmly, I told him he had to come off a bit quicker... I helped him off," said the Italian coach.

Vinicius also exchanged words with Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez during the game over a challenge by Barca defender Ronald Araujo.

"I have a lot of respect for Vinicius, I told him it was not a foul," said Xavi.

Vinicius was also racially abused the previous Saturday in Madrid's draw at Sevilla, with one fan ejected. The winger highlighted another video of a child appearing to make a racist gesture at him in the same match.