Brazil football team will play the next match in black to protest against racism

Brazil football team will play the next match in black to protest against racism

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The Brazil national football team will play a friendly match against Guinea on June 17 in black, protesting against manifestations of racism, reports About Globo. One of the victims of racist chants at the end of May was the player of the Brazilian national team and Real Madrid Vinicius Junior.

It is specified that the black uniform of the Brazilian football players will have only one highlighted element – the golden number. According to the publication, Brazil will play in black only the first half, and then change into a yellow-blue home kit.

On May 21, Real Madrid lost 0:1 to Valencia on the road. Before the game and during the match, the home fans shouted racist insults at Vinicius. At the end of the match, the Brazilian showed the fans a gesture hinting at a possible relegation of Valencia from the top division of the Spanish championship, after which he received a red card and was removed from the field. The Madrid club has asked the Spanish prosecutor’s office to investigate racist insults against the Brazilian player.

On May 23, it also became known about the arrest in Madrid of four people who hung a doll in a Vinicius T-shirt on a bridge in January. 24 May Spanish National Police delayed three people for racist slurs against a Brazilian player.

Erdni Kagaltynov

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