Corinthians is punished again and will have to play behind closed doors

After a trial held this Thursday, 6, at the Full Superior Court of Sports Justicein Rio de Janeiro, the Corinthians was once again punished for homophobic chants in the classic against São Paulo. Therefore, Timão will have to play a match behind closed doors, without the presence of fans, as punishment.

It is noteworthy that the punishment had already been implemented in 3rd Disciplinary Committeebut Timão got a suspensive effect that kept the presence of the fans of the match against Bragantinoat Neo Quimica Arena. However, this time, the punishment does not open right for triggers that make the São Paulo club escape.

Thus, the next Corinthians game in the Brazilian as principal is against the Guild, for the 15th round. However, the match, which was previously scheduled for July 15, was postponed. Thus, there is still no date for this game. Therefore, Timão will carry out the punishment on July 30th, against Basquefor the 18th round.

The rapporteur for the case was Maurício Naves Fonseca, an auditor who asked for the maintenance of last month’s punishment. At the time, the auditors would have decided that the match against Bragantino would be held without the presence of fans, but the club resorted to a suspensive effect and had 42 thousand people to follow the game, which ended with a victory for Massa Bruta.

Rafael Bozzano, representative of the Attorney’s Office, opened the game about the case. “The club did not identify any supporters in a modern stadium with all the possibilities to say ‘look, there will be 720 days without entering the sports square’. It’s no use advertising and marketing against homophobia on the big screen to 45,000 people if people don’t respect it,” she said.