After the game this Tuesday (28), the Cruise will sue Conmebol due to threats from Boca Juniors players and racist insults from fans of the Xeneize team. Verbal attacks were directed at athletes and fans after Celeste’s 1-0 victory at Mineirão, in Belo Horizonte, in the 3rd round of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores.
A Itatiaia it was also found that the celestial club intends to protect the delegation and fans who will go to the second round game of the group stage, at La Bombonera, in Buenos Aires. The clash will take place on May 19th (Tuesday), at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), and will be the penultimate match of this stage of the competition.
On social media, pages that identify themselves as part of the Boca Juniors fans offended Brazilians, with insults such as “Monkeys”, in addition to making threats against the game in Argentina.
In addition, there were also cases recorded inside the stadium. In fact, an Argentine fan was detained accused of making a move towards the Cruzeiro fans. The act would have occurred at the end of the first half, shortly after the expulsion of Boca’s striker.
Therefore, Cruzeiro will prepare a document, which will be delivered to Conmebol, with the aim of seeking punishments and protecting Cruzeiro fans who decide to go to the second clash between the two clubs, which will be in Argentina.
