Richarlison requests punishment following racist act in Brazil’s win over Tunisia

• Richarlison demands punishment following racist act in Brazil’s win over Tunisia.

Brazilian professional footballer Richarlison de Andrade, known as Richarlison, hopes the fan who hurled the banana at him receives the proper punishment to stop further racial abuse.

Richarlison scored in his country’s 5-1 victory over Tunisia in Paris, making him the newest member of the Brazil team to experience racial abuse.

The incident that happened as the Tottenham forward and his teammates at Parc des Princes celebrated Brazil’s second goal ruined the game.

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Richarlison is not the first black Brazilian player to face racial abuse in the past few weeks, as he mentioned. It is still a problem that the relevant authorities need to address, particularly when objects that could be dangerous are thrown onto the field.

Whilst much easier said than done, it is important that Richarlison doesn’t let this kind of abuse affect his performances on the pitch. He has a vital part to play for both Brazil and Tottenham between now and the end of the year.

Speaking after the game, he said:

 “I was talking about this with Roberto [Firmino] saying that I think that God did not allow me to see that because I don’t know what I could have done in the heat of the moment. May this fan be identified and punished.

“It’s hard. You see what happened with Vinicius Jr recently and now this, inside a stadium. May the authorities find and punish him. May this incident teach other people not to do it.”