Bruno Tabata suspended by Conmebol for four months for alleged racist act

Palmeiras understands that there was an error on the part of the entity in the judgment and will appeal the decision announced this Friday

Bruno Tabata was suspended this Friday 30, for four months since conmebol. In a sentence handed down by the body’s disciplinary court, the Palmeiras player was punished for an alleged racist act in the match against Cerro Portenoin Paraguay, of liberators. The São Paulo club will appeal against the decision announced this Friday.

The complaint was made on the basis of a moment that occurred during the match between the Libertadores teams on May 24. In a video that circulated on social networks, fans of the Paraguayan team film the Palmeiras athletes warming up and it is possible to hear the word ‘mono’, which is Spanish for monkey.

“Completely wrong, I was denounced by the Cerro Porteño team for practicing racist gestures to the fans of the Paraguayan club in our Libertadores match away from home, acts that I did not commit in any way,” Tabata said in a video used by the defense of the athlete.

“What actually happened was I heard the crowd yelling ‘mono’ and monkeying at us players who were on the pitch near the north stand. We don’t speak Spanish and didn’t understand what was going on. So much so that Endrick speaks to me and he asks me what they were shouting. When we understood, I answered the question and wanted to understand if it was really like that, if they were calling us monkeys. I was exposing the racism that was happening from their fans, because they are responsible, not us “, added the midfielder.

Due to the entity court decision made official this Friday, Bruno Tabata is barred from playing in any match that Conmebol is the organizer for the next four months. In this way, the athlete is out of Libertadores matches in the knockout stage until any type of appeal presented by Palmeiras is judged.

The São Paulo team closed the first phase of the continental competition with the best season among the 16 classified and awaits the draw to define the opponent for the second round and the entire classification of the competition that will take place next week.

Source: Terra

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