Corinthians player was accused of making a racist expression and ended up being arrested

Conflicts over acts of discrimination in football continue. Rafael Ramos was arrested on Saturday night after being accused of racial slur by a rival during the match in which Corinthians drew 2-2 with Internacional in Porto Alegre. The player of the current leader of the League in Brazil was released after the payment of a bail.

The defender was detained by the Police at the specialized police station in the Beira-Río stadium after the Edenilson midfielder, a “Colorado” player, accused him of having uttered an insult with a racist connotation during a discussion they had on the field in the minute 30 of the second half.

According to Edenilson, who justified his decision on social networks, explained that he only went to the police because he was waiting for an apology that he never received and said he had no doubts about what he had heard, Ramos told him “foda-se macaco” (fuck you monkey) during the discussion.

The right back argued in his defense that the midfielder was surely confused by his Portuguese accent from Portugal, a little different from the Portuguese from Brazil, and that what he said was “foda-se, caralho” (fuck you), an insult usual in your country but without racist connotation.

“I have a clear conscience. Everything did not happen from a misunderstanding. He misunderstood. I talked to him, I explained to him and we even shook hands.” affirmed Ramos, who implied that Edenilson chose to make the complaint before the “fear of passing for a liar”.

Corinthians, which came out in defense of its player and attributed the incident to a misunderstanding, explained in a statement that the arrest occurred because Brazilian law provides for it in this type of case and that the payment of the bail – assumed by the club – does not mean acknowledgment of guilt.

The Sao Paulo club reaffirmed in its note that, “consistent with its 111-year history, it repudiates and does not tolerate racism”; that Ramos gave a different version to that of Edenilson and that he even went to the Internacional dressing room to try to clarify the misunderstanding and deny any type of racial insult.

“But, as a result of the complaint made by the Internacional player, the law requires that the case be treated as flagrant followed by arrest. The payment of bail does not imply admission of guilt and allows the player to defend himself in freedom during the investigation.explained the leader of the Brazilian League.