Football coach sent off for calling black footballer called Black by his surname
That’s racist! No. It isn’t. The Portuguese football coach red-carded for racism was only using a player’s name.
The referee was swift to issue FC Lordelo manager Juvenal Brandao with his marching orders against Valadares after overhearing the 30-year-old coach bellow “get closer to black”, seemingly in the direction of the opposition’s black striker. However, what the official didn’t know is that one of Lordelo’s central defenders goes by the name of Preto – which is the Portuguese word for black.
So, whereas Brandao was actually instructing his two central defenders to close the gap between themselves, the referee mistook the shout for a racial slur and sent him packing.
Jornal de Noticias has more:
In the beginning I didn’t realise what had happened, but the linesman returned to tell me. Then the penny dropped because the Valadares striker, Rene, is of black race. I tried to explain that ‘Black’ was the name of my player, but I suddenly see the ref running towards me and giving me the red card.
It was all a huge misunderstanding.
Posted: 19th, January 2016 | In: Sports, Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
