Real Madrid defend players' freedom of expression after Mbappe and Vinicius' Ceuta shirt stance
- Real Madrid played a match against Elche, winning 3-2 with Carlos Espi scoring the late winning goal to tie them with Barcelona for second place in La Liga.
- Real Madrid players Kylian Mbappé, Vinícius Júnior, and Ibrahima Konaté refused to fully wear T-shirts stating "We are all Caballas" to support Ceuta amid its migrant crisis, removing the shirts before the match photo.
- The autonomous Spanish city of Ceuta faced an influx of 72,000 illegal migrants from Morocco, causing chaos and sparking nationwide protests against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's handling of the crisis.
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Real defend players' freedom of expression after Mbappe, Vinicius cover message of support for Ceuta
Real Madrid defended their players' right to have differing opinions after forwards Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr. obscured a solidarity message for the people of Ceuta before Tuesday's LaLiga clash with Elche.
Javier Tebas defended the wearing of a sweater in support of the population of Ceuta that Mbappé, Vinicius son and Konate refused to put on entirely.
But what does the expression mean? Who launched the initiative? And why did the participation of some players provoke contestation? Here's what you know.
The shirt with the slogan "We are all Ceuta" caused reactions in Morocco and the three Real Madrid players chose not to display the message. Reactions continue in Spain and Morocco around the shirts of support in Ceuta where the biggest migration crisis in recent years in Spain is developing, which the footballers wore before the Elche-Real Madrid match. In Ceuta, there is a serious humanitarian and diplomatic crisis following the massive influx…
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Mbappé and Vinícius caught in Spain’s great migration debate after obscuring message on Ceuta shirts
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid stars Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior have found themselves in the middle of a supercharged political and social debate in Spain about migration and the country’s relations with Morocco. The reason is their decision to cover up part of the message on a T-shirt in support for Ceuta —...
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