JAKARTA - Brazil's national team player, Richarlison became a victim of racism while defending his team against Tunisia on FIFA Matchday. This action disappointed Richarlison and asked the perpetrators to be punished.
Richarlison experienced racism after scoring in Brazil's 5-1 win over Tunisia on Wednesday, September 28. When celebrating after goal, the 25-year-old player was thrown at by bananas from the stands.
Richarlison is very sad to get such an act of racism. He asked the authorities to look for the perpetrators so that they are punished and incidents like this do not happen again.
"We are sad at this time. I hope they can recognize this person and he is punished to set an example so that that that doesn't happen," Richarlison said as quoted by Sky Sport, Thursday.
"I didn't see him at the time, thank God, because I was angry and I didn't know what could happen. I hope this person is punished," he said.
In line with Richarlison, the coach of the Brazilian national team, Tite spoke about racism. He condemned the incident and asked the perpetrators to get appropriate punishment.
"Football is not worth everything. Stadium is not meant to do what you want. The process of punishment and identification must also be carried out inside the stadium," said Tite.
"That the responsible bodies should take appropriate action. That is the right lesson and punishment for those who do wrong things," added Tite.
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