Felipe Melo suffers punishment and asks: “Is Macaco released?”

After making gestures and imitating a chicken towards the supporters of the river plate, Felipe Meloof Fluminensereceived a penalty from the conmebol for “unsporting behavior”. The defender was fined US$5,000, but he was not silent about the entity’s decision. In a publication on social networks, the Brazilian questioned why he was fined and other athletes, for racist reasons, were not.

“Chicken can’t, MONKEY IS RELEASED?? #shame”, wrote Felipe Melo. So far, according to the ‘GE‘, Conmebol is still investigating cases of racism by River Plate fans in the confrontation against Fluminense, both inside and outside the stadium Monumental of Nunez. The delay is due to the protocol against racism, which takes longer.

Still on the date on which the game was played, Fluminense contacted several members of Conmebol, communicating the regrettable acts repeated by Argentine fans. A selection of videos was even shared on social networks, documenting the situations in which the delegation and the tricolor fans went through.

Felipe Melo’s fine has an approximate value of R$ 24,000 and concerns the violation of article 11.2 of the Conmebol Disciplinary Code for unsportsmanlike conduct. In addition, after the end of the match, when the Fluminense team was already in the locker room, the player was summoned by the local police for “inciting violence”.

This whole case unfolded because, at a certain point in the match between Fluminense and River Plate, the number 30 shirt imitated a chicken as a provocation to the fans of the Argentine club. The choice of imitation was because the white fans are called “gallinas” by rivals.