Vinicius and Brazil teammates put on black shirts in stand in opposition to racism

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazil despatched a message in opposition to racism by swapping its shiny yellow shirts for an all-black look throughout a pleasant in opposition to Guinea in Barcelona on Saturday.

Brazil stated this was the primary time its outfield gamers have worn black shirts. They modified again to yellow for the second half.

Forward Vinícius Júnior, showing for Brazil, has been racially abused in Spain this season whereas taking part in for his Real Madrid membership at away video games.

Another alleged racist incident occurred on Saturday earlier than the pleasant. The abuse reportedly occurred to a good friend and adviser of Vinicius, Felipe Silveira, on the stadium, the Brazilian Football Confederation stated.

“The fight against racism, a crime that needs to stop around the world, is also why we are here,” CBF president Ednaldo Rodrigues stated in an announcement. “That’s also why our national team played the first half of the match in black. And today, once again, another criminal was publicly exposed.”

At Espanyol’s stadium, Brazil and Guinea posed in entrance of a banner that learn “With racism, there is no game” in Portuguese. Vinícius and his teammates additionally took a knee.

Vinícíus added a aim from the penalty spot to spherical off a 4-1 win for the five-time world champions.

On Thursday, Vinícius agreed to hitch a revived FIFA activity drive to sort out racism in soccer.