A Brazilian Team will play two friendlies, against Guinea and Senegal, in June, the first of them in Barcelona, precisely at a time when Spain is being pressured due to cases of racism against striker Vinícius Júnior.
Brazil, still without a coach due to the departure of Tite after the end of the World Cup in Qatar, faces the Guinean national team (79th in the Fifa ranking) on June 17, in the Spanish city, confirmed a source from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
The CBF is working with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to have the game used to combat racism in Spain, following the latest insults suffered by the Brazilian striker for Real Madrid and the national team, added the source.
Three days later, Brazil (3rd in the ranking) faces Senegal (18th) in Lisbon, eliminated by England in the Round of 16 of the last Cup.
Ednaldo Rodrigues, the first black president of the CBF, this Sunday demanded sanctions against the Spanish League due to Vini’s repeated complaints about racial discrimination by fans.
And on Monday he sent a document to FIFA, with copies to UEFA, CONMEBOL and the RFEF, asking it to take “sporting and legal measures to combat racist acts”.
“You can no longer just be supportive of the victims of racism, you have to have a commitment from all the authorities”, said Rodrigues in a statement.
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At the moment it is not known who will lead the team in the two preparatory games before the start of the South American qualifiers for the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada 2026, in which Brazil will debut against Bolivia and Peru in September .
The squad list should be revealed by Sunday, added the CBF source.
According to the program ‘Seleção’, on the SporTV channel, which gave information about the preparatory games, the responsible person would be the coach of the sub-20 team, Ramon Menezes, who is participating in the World Cup in this category, held in Argentina.
Ramon, 50 years old, led the team in the defeat to Morocco (2-1), in March, in the first game of the main Brazilian team after the defeat to Croatia in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar-2022.
With the mission of being the new leader of Brazil on the field in the face of repeated injuries to Neymar, Vinícius played the entire match against the Africans.
The president of the CBF has already said that his “plan A” to replace Tite is the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid.
But Ancelotti said on Friday that he will remain in charge of the Whites, with whom he has a contract until 2024.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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