Bruno Henrique, Flamengo striker, was punished by the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) due to allegations of involvement in manipulating results related to sports bets.
Despite the severity of the case, the sanction was not the most severe: instead of up to two years of suspension he could receive, the player will be out of the field for 12 matches. But what games will he lose? Can he play Libertadores? THE Sporting News show.
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Can Bruno Henrique play Libertadores?
The penalty will be served later this season and can impact both the Brazilian Championship and the Copa Libertadoressince the Brazilian Code of Sports Justice (CBJD) It is also applied to international tournaments.
In practice, shirt 27 will lose most of the Brasileirão games, as well as decisive commitments of Red-Black in Libertadores.
By calculations, Bruno Henrique will not be able to defend the team in direct clashes against Youth, Vasco, Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Bahia, Botafogo, Palmeiras, Fortaleza, Sport and Sao Paulo. Will also be left out of Two Duels from the Libertadores quarterfinals before Students. If Flamengo advances in the continental competition, the Suspension may cover semifinals games.
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STJD decides to punish Flamengo’s Bruno Henrique, with 12 suspension games + fine of $ 60,000.
The decision is appealed.
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Understand the case involving Bruno Henrique, from Flamengo
The accusations concern a yellow card taken by Bruno Henrique in a match of the 2023 Brazilian Championship against Santos. The high volume of bets on a yellow of the player raised suspicions of the bookmakers, which reported the incident to the Brazilian court.
Investigations found suspicious exchanges of messages between Bruno Henrique and his brother, Wander Nunes Júnior, concluding that there may have been bad faith.
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Games that Bruno Henrique will be left out:
- Youth x Flamengo – Brasileirão
- Flamengo X Students of La Plata – Libertadores
- Flamengo x Vasco – Brasileirão
- Students of La Plata X Flamengo – Libertadores
- Corinthians x Flamengo – Brasileirão
- Flamengo x Cruzeiro – Brasileirão
- Bahia x Flamengo – Brasileirão
- Botafogo x Flamengo – Brasileirão
- Flamengo x Palmeiras – Brasileirão
- Fortaleza x Flamengo – Brasileirão
- Flamengo x Sport Recife – Brasileirão
- São Paulo x Flamengo – Brasileirão
