2023-06-18 07:01:04
While Brazil played in black on Saturday, during the friendly match won by the Seleçao once morest Guinea (4-1) in Barcelona, as a symbol of the fight once morest racism, an isolated act occurred precisely before the meeting , involving a friend and adviser to Vinicius Junior, the Real Madrid striker. During the search at the entrance to the stadium, a security officer reportedly told 27-year-old Felipe Silveira: “Hands up, this is my weapon for you”, taking a banana out of his pocket, according to an excerpt from the complaint filed by the player’s friend, published by the website of Globe Sports.
Silveira and three other members of Vinicius’ staff complained to the agent and called the police to the scene, the Brazilian site adds. Images broadcast by the Brazilian channel SporTV show lively exchanges between the player’s friends and the staff of the sports arena. Both the agent and the security company denied the allegations, Brazilian media reported.
Vinicius Junior: “Behind the scenes is disgusting”
This did not prevent Vinicius, himself a repeated victim of such acts this season in La Liga, from reacting followingwards: “While I was playing with the already historic black jersey and was moved, my friend was humiliated and mocked at the entrance to the stadium. The treatment suffered was sad, at every moment they (his friend and the people accompanying him, editor’s note) doubted the surreal scene that was unfolding. The backstage is disgusting. But so that everything is public, I ask those responsible: where are the images from the surveillance cameras? »
The Brazilian Confederation (CBF) also claimed to have taken action as soon as it learned of the complaint and called on the police and the match organizers to “provide all their support and protection to a new victim of racism, a crime that must be fought vehemently and relentlessly”. “Today, once once more, another criminal has been publicly exposed”said Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of the Brazilian body, in a communiqué.
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