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The women's Football match between River Plate and Grêmio was interrupted by the referee. The reason? A player from the Argentine club imitated monkey gestures, she is currently in pre-trial detention with three other players from her team.
During a match in Brazil, this Friday, December 20 in the Ladies Cup, between River Plate and Grêmio, a player from the Argentine team imitated monkey gestures while others made racist insults against Porto Alegre players. A surreal scene filmed live and broadcast on television.
Insults and racist gestures
The four players involved Candela Díaz, Camila Duarte, Juana Cangaro and Milagros Diaz were taken into custody at the end of the match, as reported by the newspaper Globo Esporte.
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The incidents took place at the 38th minute, while Grêmio had just equalized. Candela Díaz was caught making monkey gestures towards one of the ball boys. The Grêmio players also complained of having been the victims of racist insults during the match from the other three teammates.
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Today, in the game between Grêmio and River Plate, valid for the Brasil Ladies Cup, the Argentine number 15 was racist towards the ball boy. In the images, it is clear.
The Grêmio team left the field after the incident, correctly. pic.twitter.com/Mz9ymG6di8— Anita Efraim (@niefraim) https://twitter.com/niefraim/status/1870282569469792318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The referee then decided to send off six River Plate players, causing the match to be stopped and the Argentine club to lose on the green carpet. As a result of these events, the club was excluded from the Ladies Cup and suspended for two years.
The club then reacted with a press release denouncing all the racist acts and remarks made by their players: “River Plate expresses its most absolute rejection of the discriminatory gestures that occurred during the match against Grêmio during the Ladies Cup 2024. It indicates that “he is already taking the corresponding disciplinary measures and that he will continue to work to eradicate this type of behavior.”
River Plate expresses its most absolute repudiation of the discriminatory gestures that occurred in the match with Gremio for the Brasil Ladies Cup 2024. It communicates that it is already taking the corresponding disciplinary measures and will continue working to eradicate this type of behavior.
— River Plate Women's Soccer (@RiverPlateFem) https://twitter.com/RiverPlateFem/status/1870278475921129942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
During the Ladies Cup final which is to take place this Sunday, December 22 at 8 p.m. between Grêmio and Bahia, the players will return with banners denouncing racism, and speeches will also be given.
