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Brazil beat Tunisia 5-1 in a friendly match. Nevertheless, the game was overshadowed by a racist gesture from a spectator of the match.
In the 19th minute of the match, Richarlison gave the Seleção a 2-1 lead, but at the moment of celebration with his teammates… a fan from the stands threw a banana at the Tottenham Hotspur player.
Brazil leading 4-1 against Tunisia in France. Richarlison scored one of those and a banana was thrown at him…pic.twitter.com/fVpw6O06My
— Gary Al-Smith (@garyalsmith) September 27, 2022
Richarlison said after the match: “I hope this fan can be identified and punished. It’s hard. It happens on a field, it should be punished and it should be a lesson to all those who want to do the same thing.”
The leader of the Seleção, Thiago Silva, said about the incident: “I was sorry for what happened. This is not football. In football, you support your team. On the pitch we try to give our best for our national team, but such gestures are not good for football,” while Manchester United midfielder Casemiro added: “We can’t let this go, it’s very serious. We see this kind of racism, it’s inevitable. It is a matter of education and training. We have great power. There must be a very great punishment. Even our president told us because he is ashamed of all this. This is unacceptable”.
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