Palmeiras players are victims of racism in Libertadores; watch

Palmeiras players are victims of racism in Libertadores; watch

Another unfortunate episode of racism in South American football. On the night of Thursday (6/3), two players of, were victims of racist offenses in the departure of Alviverde against Cerro Porteño at Libertadores U-20, Paraguay.

See the moment:

The incident happened 78 minutes into the game. A fan made gestures imitating a monkey towards Figueiredo and Luighi. The man held a child in his arms.

In their social networks, Palmeiras regretted the episode.

Palmeiras won the game by 3 x 0.