Banana thrown at Brazilian players in Tunisia friendly

By Samir On Sep 28, 2022

Richarlison had just scored Brazil’s second goal in a 5-1 win over Tunisia at Parc des Princes when the banana was hurdled toward him and his celebrating teammates

A banana was thrown from the crowd at Brazilian players celebrating a goal in a friendly against Tunisia in Paris.

Forward Richarlison had just scored the team’s second goal in a 5-1 win at Parc des Princes when the banana was hurdled toward him and the other Brazilians celebrating near one of the corner flags. What appeared to be a water bottle and another object also were thrown toward them.

Richarlison scoring for Brazil today against Tunisia and a banana was thrown in front of him during the celebrations. Sickening stuff and no need for these type of racist fans at matches. pic.twitter.com/DQlKIBcMTm

— Roberto Rojas (@RobertoRojas97) September 27, 2022

Brazil was using the match to make a statement against racism, with the players posing before kickoff in front of a sign that said: “Without our black players, we wouldn’t have stars on our shirt” — a reference to the five stars above the team crest that represents its five World Cup titles.

Federation slams incident

The Brazilian football federation condemned the incident and reinforced its stance to “fight against racism.”

The federation’s president said he was shocked with what happened. “The punishment for these actions needs to be more severe,” Ednaldo Rodrigues said.

Brazilian media said stadium security personnel unsuccessfully tried to identify the person who threw the banana onto the field.

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