Club announced in a statement that he is looking for the identification of the involved and plans to block his access to the ticket purchase platform, as well as excluding him from the partner program
It began a disciplinary process to investigate an act of racism committed by a fan of during a game. The incident occurred at Allianz Parque, where videos that circulate on social networks show the fan made offensive gestures and referred to the fans of Cerro Porteño in a pejorative way, calling them “Indians”. The entity will analyze the event recordings and may apply sanctions to the club, which may include fines. In response to the incident, Palmeiras announced in a statement that they are looking for the identification of the fans involved. The club plans to block this individual’s access to the ticket purchase platform and also intends to delete it from the partner-owner program. In addition, a police report will be filed.
Conmebol opens disciplinary procedure and can punish Palmeiras by racist gesture of fans.
In the match against Cerro Porteño, at Allianz Parque, a Palmeirense fan was caught making racist gestures and called the Paraguayans “Indians.”
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This episode marks the fourth disciplinary investigation case in the current edition of Libertadores. Conmebol is already investigating other incidents, including a fan of what made gestures imitating a monkey towards the Palmeiras fans, as well as a case of discrimination against Brazilians in the confrontation between e. Recently, a Alianza Lima player was punished for xenophobic attitudes.
The match between Palmeiras and Cerro Porteño already had a tense climate, exacerbated by previous racist insults, directed to the player Luighi, during the Under-20 Libertadores. During the phase of definition of the Libertadores groups, the president of Conmebol apologized for comments considered inappropriate about the participation of Brazilian clubs, when he said that doing the competition without Brazilians would be like “Tarzan in Chita”. Before the game, stickers with the phrase “Conmebol Racist” were glued to the entrance of the visiting sector of Allianz Parque. Richard Ríos was responsible for the goal that secured Palmeiras victory in the match.
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