Richarlison was celebrating his objective in opposition to Tunisia when the incident occurred
Brazilian soccer star Richarlison has known as on the French authorities to behave after a banana was hurled in his route throughout a match in opposition to Tunisia on the Parc des Princes in Paris on Tuesday.
Richarlison was celebrating his objective within the 19th minute of the worldwide pleasant, being joined by teammates as a number of objects have been tossed onto the pitch by enraged rival followers.
When Richarlison turned to gesture to the gang, the banana was thrown in his route, touchdown close to his ft.
The ahead’s strike had put his crew 2-1 forward after Tunisia’s Montassar Talbi had equalized one minute earlier.
The Brazilians went on to wrap up a 5-1 win, aided partly by a pink card to Tunisian defender Dylan Bronn simply earlier than half-time.
However the scenes with Richarlison overshadowed the end result, with widespread accusations of racism in direction of the Brazilian star.
“I used to be speaking about this with Roberto [Firmino], saying that I believe that God didn’t enable me to see that as a result of I don’t know what I may have executed within the warmth of the second,” the 25-year-old stated afterwards, in keeping with Objective.com.
“Could this fan be recognized and punished,” added the Tottenham Hotspur striker.
The row comes after Richarlison’s Brazil teammate Vinicius Jr was on the heart of a racism storm in Spain, the place he performs for Actual Madrid.
A bunch of rival followers at Atletico Madrid have been heard chanting “Vinicius is a monkey” earlier than a derby match earlier this month, after a pundit had claimed the winger ought to cease dancing throughout his objective celebrations.
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“It’s onerous. You see what occurred with Vinicius Jr just lately and now this, inside a stadium,” added Richarlison on Tuesday night time.
“Could the authorities discover and punish him. Could this incident educate different individuals to not do it.”
Brazil’s win in Paris continued their positive kind main as much as the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the place they are going to be thought-about among the many favorites for the title.
Barcelona winger Raphinha struck twice in opposition to Tunisia, underlining the array of attacking expertise at supervisor Tite’s disposal.
Neymar struck a first-half penalty which took his total worldwide tally to 75 targets – solely two behind Pele’s all-time report tally for the Selecao.
Brazil head to the World Cup on a 15-match unbeaten run, and have been drawn in a gaggle in Qatar alongside Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon.
