Neymar on the ground during PSG-OM, September 13, 2020. -
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Please note, this is not a joke.
The Brazilian government of Jaïr Bolsonaro said on Tuesday it was in solidarity with Neymar (so far it's going), and denounced the "racism" against him, exercised according to the player during the meeting between PSG and OM.
"Faced with yet another case of racism in sport, the Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights (MMFDH) is in solidarity with the player Neymar Jr", said a statement.
"Racism is a crime," adds the ministry.
How could Téléfoot have missed the Alvaro-Neymar clash?
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- 20 Minutes Sport (@ 20minutesSport) September 15, 2020
On Tuesday, the National Secretary for the Promotion of Racial Equality in Brazil condemned “vehemently any type of violence” and denounced “cases of discrimination based on skin color”.
President Jair Bolsonaro, whose racist, mysoginous or homophobic outings are countless, retweeted a message from Neymar on Monday in which the attacker complained that the VAR (video arbitration) had detected his "aggression" but not that, verbal and "racist", of Alvaro Gonzalez against him.
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