Vinicius Jr.’s team lodged a formal complaint this Sunday morning for racism at a police station in Cornellà, near Barcelona. On Saturday, before the game between Brazil and Guinea at the Cornellà-El Prat Stadium, Vini Jr.’s advisor and friend, Felipe Silveira, was approached by a security guard who pointed a banana in his direction and said that this was his weapon for him.
recordings made by ge recorded the moment of confusion after the act committed by the security guard and also the banana in the man’s pocket.
The case generated a lot of repercussions before, during and after the event, which was promoted in favor of the fight against racism in football. Vini Jr. took your indignation to social networks after the end of the game and lamented yet another episode of racism.
While I was playing with the already historic black shirt and getting emotional, my friend was humiliated and mocked at the entrance to the stadium. The treatment was sad, at all times they doubted the surreal scene that happened. Backstage is disgusting. But to make everything public, I ask… https://t.co/41RIJIJiuZ
— Vini Jr. (@vinijr) June 17, 2023
According to UOLwho spoke with the player’s staff, there is not much optimism regarding punishments for the offender after the police took the complaint as “a joke” and relativized the situation.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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