The 23-year-old Real Madrid player had to collect himself several times after breaking down in tears during Brazil's pre-match press conference at Madrid's training camp.
“I'm sorry,” he said. “I just want to continue playing football. I want to continue doing everything I can for the club and my family.”
Vinicius said that while it would have been easier to quit the fight, he was “chosen to protect this important cause.”
Vinicius said he had no intention of leaving the Spanish league over the insult, saying: “That would be giving the racists what they really want.”
“I'm going to stay here, play for the best club in the world, score goals and win titles,” he said. “And people will have to keep looking at my face for a long time.”
Vinicius feels supported by other players in the Spanish league and does not consider Spain to be a racist country, but says: “There are a lot of racists in Spain and many of them “I'm going to the stadium,” he said.
“That needs to change,” he said. “Maybe people don't really understand what racism is. I'm 23 years old and I'm starting to talk about racism and how it affects me and We have to educate a lot of people about how it affects families at home.”
Admitting that he sometimes needs to improve his on-field attitude, Vinicius said: “I wish people would talk less about his bad things and more about the insults towards him.”
Vinicius, who has also asked FIFA, UEFA and other institutions to help in the fight, said he has studied racism well and feels ready to speak out on the issue.
