Video circulating on social networks shows a Grêmio fan imitating what a monkey would be towards Palmeiras fans, at Arena do Grêmio, in Porto Alegre, this Sunday (31).
In the images, a shirtless man provokes the opposing fans and, with his arms outstretched, shakes his body over and over again.
“Look at him imitating a monkey,” says one person in the video. The report tried to contact Grêmio’s advisors, but received no response until the publication of this text. The administration of the Grêmio stadium told UOL that it is investigating the facts and that it will manifest itself as soon as it has all the information gathered.
This Sunday, after a 3-1 loss to the São Paulo club in the Brazilian Championship, fans of the team from Rio Grande do Sul invaded the field and vandalized the VAR’s booth.
With the defeat, Grêmio occupies the penultimate place in the Brazilian Nationals and is seven points behind Bahia, 16th place and the first team to get rid of the fall to Serie B. Grêmio still has 11 games in the competition.
After the game, in addition to the invasion, Grêmio and Palmeiras fans exchanged punches on the side of the grid that separated the local and visiting public.
In 2014, a Grêmio fan was filmed calling the goalkeeper Aranha, then in Santos, “monkey”. This resulted in the elimination of the team from the tournament.
On Thursday (28), a player from Remo (PA) was the target of a racist attack by an unidentified Cruzeiro fan in a match played at Independência, in Belo Horizonte, for the B Series of the Brazilian Championship.
Video released on social networks by an organized supporter of the team from Pará captured the moment when forward Jefferson, when celebrating a goal scored against his rival, is called a “monkey”.
In September, Celsinho, from Londrina, said he was called a “monkey” by a Brusque manager, also for Serie B. with a loss of three points for the case.
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