<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Real Madrid's players and fans showed support for Vinicius Jr as they beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 at the Bernabeu.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The win was the club's first match since their Brazilian forward was racially abused at Valencia on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vinicius missed the match through injury and Real's players took to the pitch in his number 20 shirt, while the captains of both teams wore armbands carrying anti-racism messages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Supporters chanted the 22-year-old's name in the 20th minute in solidarity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Players from both clubs joined together prior to kick-off in the La Liga fixture to hold a sign which read "Racists [get] out of football".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A banner displayed in the stands also read: "We are all Vinicius. Enough is enough".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vinicius, whose red card against Valencia has been rescinded, was applauded as he took to the pitch before the match.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He watched from the stands, where he sat beside Real president Florentino Perez.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vinicius rose to his feet to acknowledge the show of support and later posted a picture of him waving to fans on Instagram, accompanied by the message: "I love them! Thank you, thank you and thank you".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fellow Brazilian Rodrygo scored an 89th-minute winner for third-placed Real.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They had seen Karim Benzema's opener cancelled out by Raul de Tomas - and Rodrygo celebrated his goal by making a black power salute.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">La Liga president Javier Tebas had apologised to Vinicius on Wednesday, saying he did not mean to "attack" the player in a social media row after Sunday's events.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vinicius, who was sent off for violent conduct late in the match at Valencia, said the Spanish league "belongs to racists".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tebas' and La Liga's handling of the incident has been widely condemned after the president told Vinicius "you need to inform yourself properly".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">La Liga has said it will seek "more sanctioning powers" to ensure it can punish incidents of racism.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Spanish football federation announced on Tuesday that Valencia had been sanctioned with a partial stadium closure for five matches and fined 45,000 euros (£39,000).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the sanction, Real manager Carlo Ancelotti said: "I was surprised by the decision of the competition committee. I think it is the right decision."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Before Tuesday night's games between Real Valladolid and Barcelona, and Celta Vigo and Girona, players and match officials stood behind banners which read "Racism, out of football".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Barcelona winger Raphinha also revealed a message of support for his Brazil compatriot in the second half when he was substituted. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>