The club stated in X that ‘vehemently disagrees with extremely mild punishments applied by Conmebol to Cerro Porteño-PAR due to the racist attacks suffered by our athletes’
Expressed him his dissatisfaction with the sanctions imposed by Conmebol to in response to the case of racism that involved the player during the U20 Libertadores in Paraguay. The Paraguayan club received a fine of US $ 50,000 (approximately R $ 289 thousand) and was punished with the ban on its games, measures that Palmeiras considers “extremely softened” and which, according to them, demonstrate connivance with acts of discrimination.
Leila Pereira, president of Palmeiras, defended the idea that Cerro Porteño should be excluded from the competition. This proposal was supported by Luighi, who also criticized the punishments, describing them as mere “letters”. Palmeiras announced that they will bring the issue to FIFA, which has already spoken out about the incident.
“Palmeiras Sports Society vehemently disagrees with extremely mild punishment applied by Conmebol to Cerro Porteño-PAR due to the racist attacks suffered by our athletes in a game played by Libertadores U20, on Thursday (6), in Asuncion, Paraguay,” posted the club at X.
In the post, Palmeiras reiterated their position contrary to the sanctions applied, arguing that actions taken are insufficient to face racial discrimination in South America. “With the exception of the educational measure adopted (anti-racist campaign on the infringing club), they are innocuous penalties in the face of the seriousness of the facts that occurred and, therefore, insufficient to combat the reiterated cases of racial discrimination in South American football, ”he said.
“Sanctions to Cerro Porteño, instead of serving the purpose of curbing a very serious problem, in practice demonstrate the connivance of entities with a crime that has been repeating incessantly, as well as the bankruptcy of a criminal system unable to punish the necessary crimes of racism on the field and in the stands,” argues Palmeiras.
“Palmeiras reiterates that it will trigger the top entities of world football and lead the episode to the last instances so that South American football can finally become an environment of zero tolerance to racism. The tears of striker Luighi will not be in vain! ”, Concludes the team.
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The Palmeiras Sports Society vehemently disagrees with extremely softened punishments applied by Conmebol to Cerro Porteño-PAR due to the racist attacks suffered by our athletes in a game played by Libertadores U20, on Thursday (6), in Asuncion, at…
– If Palmeiras (@palmeiras)
Remember the case
The Palmeirense was the target of fans at the Gunther Vogel Stadium in the Metropolitan Region of Asuncion, Paraguay, while replaced. From the images of the TV broadcast, it was possible to see a man with a child on his lap imitating a monkey toward the striker and midfielder Figueiredo.
At the end of the game, Luighi cried and gave a blunt and courageous interview. He questioned Conmebol reporter, who preferred to ask about the match and ignore the racist insults of which Palmeirense was victim. “Is that serious? They made racism with me. How long? What they did to me was a crime. Are you going to ask about the game? What will Conmebol do what about this? You wouldn’t ask about it, right? They made a crime with me. Here is training, we are learning here. ”
*Report produced with the aid of AI
Posted by Carol Santos
