South American Football Confederation established 30 days to pay the value and ordered the Paraguayan team to conduct a racial discrimination awareness campaign
A imposed a fine of $ 50,000 ($ 288,000 in the current price) This Sunday (9) and banned the access of the Paraguayan club to the Copa Libertadores under-20 stadiums due to the case of racism that occurred against striker Luighi of . The punishment took place for a complaint made by the club from São Paulo after the game last Thursday, at Gunther Vogel stadium in Asuncion, where ‘Verdon’ won 3-0.
The match was marked by acts of racism by Cerro Porteño fans, who made offensive gestures and called several Brazilian players “monkey”. Visibly shaken by the episode, striker Luighi cried in front of the cameras in the post-game interview, which generated outrage and a wave of repudiation against acts of racism, including pronouncements by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
The Conmebol Disciplinary Commission has given a 30-day deadline to pay the fine and, as an additional punishment, ordered Cerro Porteño to campaign against racism through their social networks, of which all players of the under-20 team that disputes for Libertadores should participate.
The commission also determined that the next Paraguayan team games will happen with closed gates. “Only members of the delegations, including players, coaching staff, medical staff, other clubs and directors of the clubs will have access to the stadium,” warned Conmebol. At the same time, Cerro Porteño coach Jorge Daniel Achucarro was suspended by two games and warned that, in case of recurrence regarding any sports disciplinary infraction, he will be excluded from the U20 Libertadores.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira
