Antonio Conte called for Richarlison to ban the spectator who threw a Banana at Richarlison for his life.
The racist incident happened during Brazil’s 5-1 victory over Tunisia on Tuesday night when Tottenham strikerAfter 19 minutes, he had put his country ahead.
Running towards the Parc des Princes corner flag in ParisA supporter threw bananas onto the pitch and they landed at the feet the 25-year old star.Before Fred, Manchester United’s superstar kicked it off on the pitch.
Richarlison took to Twitter after the game, saying: “As long as it’s ‘blah blah blah’ and they don’t punish, it will continue like this, happening every day and everywhere. No time, bro!”
Speaking to the media after the game, the 25-year-old added: “I was talking about this with [Roberto] Firmino, saying that I think God did not allow me to see that because I don’t know what I could have done in the heat of the moment.
“May this fan be identified and punished. It’s hard, you see Vinicius Jr., what happened?Recent and current, in a stadium
“May the authorities find and punish him. May this incident teach other people not to do it.”
But he wasn’t the only one outraged by the incident, with Spurs coach Conte urging the authorities to act.
Participating in a press conference before Tottenham’s clash at Arsenal, Conte said: “Richy played with the national team, scored a goal and then what happened is incredible because in 2022 to be witnessing this type of situation is embarrassing for everybody.
“For sure I hope this person can be banned from football for the rest of their life but then it is a situation that is very disappointing to make a comment about this.
“I want to take the best part of the game from Richy and he scored two goals, three goals and he enjoyed to play with Brazil.”
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