Ex-Flamengo is a victim of racism in Portugal; look

After the match between Famalicão It is Sportingvalid for the Portuguese Championship, the Brazilian defender, Otávio, denounced racist and xenophobic attacks he suffered. In a publication made on one of his social networks, the formerFlamengo gave examples of curses he heard on the occasion.

“On 08/27/2023, shortly after the game between Sporting and Famalicão, I suffered serious offenses on a social network. Fans of the team we had just faced sent me racist and xenophobic messages“, put the defender in an excerpt of the text in which he wrote on his official Instagram account.

Elsewhere, Otávio recalled the cases of Vinicius Junior, who suffered a series of racist attacks in Spain. In addition, the Brazilian made a point of saying that he is proud of his color and the country he was born in, placing his character and professionalism as the greatest proof.

“I am very proud of the color of my skin and the country I come from. My character and my professionalism were shaped in the place where I was born and raised. In the middle of the 21st century, with all these years of struggle for equality, we still see scenes of racism. Recently there was the episode involving Vinícius Jr. that moved the world and yet it seems that some people still haven’t learned that WE ARE ALL EQUAL“, he completed.

The player was offended by “slave”, “monkey”, “black shit” in addition to being told to “go back to the jungle”, where it is supposedly allowed to simulate fouls. The anger of the rival crowd came after a move in which the Brazilian was fouled and called red for his rival, but the referee temporized and ordered the game to continue.