Vinicius Junior’s advisor says he received a banana from stadium security in a Brazil game – 06/17/2023 – Sport

A personal advisor to Vinicius Junior would have received a banana from the hands of a security guard at the RCDE stadium, in Barcelona, ​​when he arrived at the venue to watch the friendly between Brazil and Guinea, this Saturday (17), a game whose motto is precisely the fight against racism .

Felipe Silveira, who is also a personal friend of Vinicius, was the only black person in the group of four people arriving at the scene. In addition to him, there were the player’s manager and other assistants, who were in charge. When it was Silveira’s turn, the security guard shoved a banana into his chest and said, “Hands up, this is my gun.”

Silveira immediately called his colleagues, who called the head of security and the head of the stadium. “They tried to discredit us, that we were lying,” he said. Sheet advisor Edu Peixoto.

“They said he was a very old employee, that he would never do that”. Silveira kept the banana with him and called the police, who instructed him to file a complaint so that they could take action.

“Right in front of the episode there are cameras and we want the stadium to make the images available so that, once again, an episode like this doesn’t end up with ‘misunderstanding’ or something like that”, stated Peixoto.

Another stadium security employee tried to remove the man from the scene, but some members of Vinicius’ team did not let him leave. The security guard denies having committed any racist offense. His name has not yet been released.

At 21:34 (16:34 in Brasilia), the players from Brazil and Guinea knelt or sat on the lawn during the minute of silence. The national team wore a black uniform for the first time in its 109-year history. Vinicius Junior wore shirt number 10, Pelé’s shirt and which, for the last ten years, belonged to Neymar.

The RCDE stadium is plastered all over in black this Saturday, with inscriptions such as “Racism is a crime”, “With racism there is no game” and “Let’s expel racism”. Even the credentials given to the staff are black today.

Before the game, the loudspeakers played musicians from black artists, such as Racionais, Claudinho and Bochecha, Ludmila, Tim Maia, Djonga, Cidade Negra and Raça Negra, among others. On the screens, anti-racist videos packed the wait for the opening whistle.