Richarlison furious at ‘blah, blah, blah’ response after being racially abused with banana

Richarlison scored Brazil’s second goal in their 5-1 win against Tunisia

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Richarlison has hit out at the ‘blah, blah, blah’ response to racist incidents in football after a banana was thrown at the Brazil forward during a friendly with Tunisia.

A banana was hurled at the Tottenham striker in the 19th minute at the Parc des Princes in Paris, as Richarlison, 25, ran to the corner flag to celebrate scoring his side’s second goal in a 5-1 win on Tuesday (27 September).

Footage showed Richarlison’s Brazil teammate Fred kicking the banana away.

Richarlison took to Twitter to respond to the incident after the match, writing: “As long as they keep saying ‘blah blah blah’ and don’t punish, it will continue like this, happening every day and everywhere. No time [for this], bro! #notoracism.”

Before the match, the Brazil team had posed for photographs with an anti-racism banner, which read, ‘Without our black players, we wouldn’t have stars on our shirts,’ in reference to the nation’s five World Cup triumphs.

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The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) later issued a statement on the Richarlison incident via Twitter.

“Unfortunately a banana was thrown on the pitch towards Richarlison, scorer of the second Brazilian goal,” the statement read. “The CBF reinforces its position to combat racism and repudiates any manifestation of prejudice.”

Richarlison’s goal restored Brazil’s lead after Montassar Talbi had cancelled out Raphinha’s opener.

Neymar then scored from the penalty spot before Raphinha added his second goal of the night, and Pedro rounded out the scoring after Dylan Bronn was sent off for Tunisia.

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