Vinicius and Brazil teammates wear black shirts in stand against racism

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

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

Forward Vinicius Junior, 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 mentioned.

“The fight against racism, a crime that needs to stop around the world, is also why we are here,” CBF president Ednaldo Rodrigues mentioned 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. Vinicius and his teammates additionally took a knee.

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

On Thursday, Vinicius agreed to affix a revived FIFA process drive to sort out racism in soccer.

Brazil performs Senegal in Lisbon on Tuesday and can proceed its anti-racism marketing campaign.