A Conmebol is investigating the racist gesture carried out by fans of Workshops towards the fans of São Paulorecorded during the match between the teams on Wednesday (2), held in Argentina, by Libertadores.
In video, the moment was recorded when men of the fans of the Argentine team imitate monkeys facing the fans of São Paulo present at the stadium.
🚨 | He opened a disciplinary file against racist gestures of his fans against San Pablo, he could know
📌es in the framework of the strong Conmebol struggle against racism, violence and discrimination
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What will Conmebol do against Talleres fans?
The maximum South American football entity has revealed, to “bid!”, That it is opening a disciplinary process against the talleres, in order to investigate the situation and eventually apply a punishment.
According to the vehicle, Conmebol stated that “this is part of a firm policy against racism, discrimination and violence, which Conmebol has been promoting through a large campaign.”
For this campaign, the institution produced a video with several black players who play in Libertadores and South American teams to talk about racism. Those who work in Brazilian teams chosen were Breno Lopes and Tinga (Fortaleza), Enner Valencia (International), Marlon Freitas (Botafogo) and Weverton (Palmeiras).
Une football does not divide.
Together, let’s build a football without racism, violence and discrimination.
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Can the talleres be punished by the episode of racism?
In regulation, Conmebol provides from payment of fines to home games without cheering as possible punishments for racism cases in competitions.
The case happens the week following the meeting that discussed the fight against racism in the entity’s tournaments.
At the time, which was attended by Brazilian football authorities, it was defined that Ronaldo Nazário will be the coordinator of a permanent group that will discuss and curb racial prejudice.
In addition, according to Conmebol, people identified as involved in acts of racism will be banned from all stadiums in South America.
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Racism against Brazilians and the attitude of Conmebol
The tension between Brazilian clubs and Conmebol began in the episode of racism suffered by Luighi, from Palmeiras, in Libertadores U-20 against Cerro Porteño.
Since then, the São Paulo team itself and others from Brazilian football have charged the acts compatible with the acts, as Cerro was sentenced to pay a $ 50,000 fine (about $ 288 million) and running out of the remaining Libertadores U20 games, which came to an end on March 16.
With this, the entity met last week with representatives from South American countries to discuss on the subject and create resolutions.
