The cat thrown on the ground in the Vinicius conference: controversies on the web – Corriere.it

A cat at Vinicius’ press conference. A very curious episode happened while Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil and Real Madrid winger answered questions from journalists. On the table on which the microphones were placed, right next to the footballer’s position, a cat appeared and crouched down without being intimidated by the noise around and by the many people present. The communications manager of Brazil, sitting on the chair to Vinicius’ right, began to caress him, but after a few seconds he stood up and, after grabbing him with both hands, threw him to the ground, arousing disapproval from whoever was in the room.

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Not only. At first, even Vinicius observed him with an astonished expression. So the cat landed on the floor and continued to wander around across the room, a sign that he hadn’t been hurt in the fall. Of course, the controversy didn’t end there. And Brazil, which in the quarter-finals will be engaged against Croatia (and whoever passes will challenge the winner of Argentina-Netherlands in the semi-final), ran for cover explaining that that is the only way to lift a cat without causing it pain.

However, the video immediately spread on social media and the controversy also flared up on the web. Many believe that the publicist was too abrupt in throwing the cat on the floor.

It was necessary to appease spirits the intervention of the Regional Council of Veterinary Medicine of the State of São Paulo who in a press release declared that in the conduct of Vinicius Rodrigues, this is the name of the communications manager of the green-and-gold national team, he did not find any element that could be defined as ill-treatment.