Brazil denounces racism at Sub 20 World Cup

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced this Wednesday that he denounced before the FIFA “racist acts” suffered by the defender Robert Renanafter success Tunisia in the round of 16 of the U-20 World Cup held in Argentina.

Robert Renan He was sent off with a straight red card at the end of half time in the match against the African team, which was played at the stadium Diego Armando Maradona from the city of the silver and ended with a 4-1 win for Canary.

As he was leaving the field, the defender of zenith responded to the whistles of the fans, mostly Argentine, pointing to the shield on his shirt and making five with the fingers of his hand, referring to World Cups with the fullness of his country.

For CBF,”Robert Renan he was provoked by local fans and he responded sportingly”, but, “on social networks, he was the victim of several cases of racism”.

“The profiles” of said users have been identified “by CBF and sent to local courts and to FIFA with a penalty request,” the entity said.

Brazilthe Albiceleste’s historic rivals, have been playing in hostile territory since the start of this game Argentina World Cupwhere local fans show their support for the opposing team and even whistle the neighboring country’s anthem.

The CBF recently launched a campaign with the slogan “racist, no party” after all the international uproar that arose from racist insults against Vinicius Junior, end of real Madridin a Spanish League match played Mestallathe stadium of Valencia.

This episode caused great outrage in the Brazilwhere protests took place in defense of the soccer player in front of the embassy of Spain in Brasília and the Spanish consulates in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and almost all of his cabinet strongly condemned the racist insults suffered by Vinicius and they requested immediate action from the Spanish and sports authorities to end this scourge.