Police in Spain have detained three people in connection with racist abuse directed at the Real Madrid footballer, Vin\u00edcius Jr, during a match on Sunday.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The three are aged between 18 and 21, the police said in a message on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Brazil international has been subjected to such abuse numerous times this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The latest incident, during an away match at Valencia, has sparked outrage in both Spain and Brazil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The game was paused in the second half as an incensed Vinicius reported opposition fans to the referee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Following the match, in which the 22-year-old was later sent off for violent conduct, he said: “La Liga belongs to racists.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n La Liga president Javier Tebas responded on Twitter by saying Vinicius twice did not turn up for a meeting to discuss what it “can do in cases of racism”, adding: “Before you criticise and slander La Liga, you need to inform yourself properly.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But football federation chief Luis Rubiales said Spanish football had “a serious problem that also stains an entire team, an entire fan base, an entire club, an entire country”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Spanish prosecutors will now decide whether to pursue a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Brazilian government said the incident was “yet another inadmissible episode”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It has requested urgent meetings with Spanish ministers, prosecutors and the football federation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Earlier, Spanish police detained four people suspected of hanging an effigy of Vinicius from a bridge in Madrid in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The figure appeared ahead of a match between Real and their rivals in the capital, Atletico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It was hung by its neck under a banner saying: “Madrid hates Real”.<\/p>\n Police in Spain have detained three 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