The CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) expressed in a note without repudiation regarding the decision to punish Cerro Porteño only with fine and gates closed in the case of racism of which were victims two players from Palmeiras, in the departure of Libertadores under-20.
“The Brazilian Football Confederation, although not yet notified about the complaint it offered in the face of Club Cerro Porteño (Paraguay), because of the, register its entire indignation with the decision of the disciplinary commission of Conmebol due to its complete ineffectiveness,” says the statement.
besides closed gates in the rest of your.
In addition, it has decided that the Paraguayan club will have to publish a campaign to raise awareness of racism in its social networks.
Cerro Porteño, however, can appeal against the punishments.
Read the CBF note in full
The Brazilian Football Confederation, although not yet notified about the complaint it offered in the face of Club Cerro Porteño (Paraguay), due to the crimes committed by its fans against the athletes Luighi and Figueiredo of the Palmeiras Sports Society, comes to record his full indignation with the decision of the disciplinary commission of Conmebol due to his complete ineffectiveness.
The decision does not fight with the necessary rigor the racial discrimination that occurred, but unfortunately encourages the practice of new criminal acts in the face of the ineffectiveness of the penalties applied -especially to a repeatant club -because it only reaches the club’s under -20 team that is most likely just to end its participation in the competition, making the already insignificant penalty, without servant.
Racism in sport, besides being an affront to human dignity, compromises the values of respect, inclusion and equality that should guide sports competitions.
The CBF has continually reinforced its zero tolerance policy against discriminatory acts and will adopt all appropriate measures in compliance with FIFA’s Global Anti -Racism Protocol by Conmebol, whose application is mandatory as circular No. 1884, sent on May 16, 2024, to all 211 (two hundred and eleven) FIFA associations.
