Expelled during the first half of Brazil and Tunisia in the Round of 16 of the Sub 20 worlddefender Robert Renan, formerCorinthians and currently at Zenit, suffered racist offenses and death threats on social media. The athlete exposed the messages received in Instagram stories this Wednesday.
“Negro”, “monkey head”, “monkey” and “I’m going to kill you” were some of the insults and threats in Spanish received by the player. The match took place at the Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, in La Plata, Argentina.
On the way out of the field, Robert Renan made the number five with his hands, in allusion to Brazil’s fifth world championship, when he was booed by the fans present. On the networks, the player published the image of the provocation to the crowd and commented: “Fight always, never run away, retreat only if it’s to get momentum, this is Brazil!”.
The match ended with a 4-1 defeat by the Brazilian team and qualification for the quarterfinals of the under-23 World Cup. Brazil now faces Israel in the next phase, on Saturday, at 2:30 pm (Brasília time).
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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