Rodrygo Dances to in defiance to racism as Real Madrid beats Atletico

Everything was set up for an exhilarating Madrid derby on Sunday night, but before it even got started, the headlines were written in the worst possible way. Chants and monkey noises were then heard within the stadium towards the Real Madrid star – the only action taken so far appears to be an announcement over the loudspeaker asking fans to respect all players, which itself was whistled.

Real Madrid’s players did at least get to laugh in the face of the abuse, Vinicius and Rodrygo Goes breaking out a dancing celebration after the latter scored the first goal. Vinicius also assisted their second.

Following the match, Vinicius posted a picture of the two on Twitter, telling Rodrygo to “Dance where you want…”

Rodrygo was also defiant after the match, posting a similar picture with the caption “BLACK and white dance.”

Speaking after the match, Rodrygo confirmed to Mthat it had been an extra motivating factor.

“Very happy. The derby is always special and being able to score, the victory… It’s a very happy day for me. It was a different match because of everything that happened during the week and we responded on the pitch.”

Real Madrid won Atletico Madrid 2-1 at the away derby.