In the Copa de Brasil final last night there was another incident between an Argentine and a Brazilian with racial overtones. This comes about a week after the Maxi Lopez thing I posted about. Argentine Andres D'Alessandro, who plays for Internacional, was the victim of xenophobic slurs from Corinthians' captain William. He was pretty pissed and a fracas ensued. It was a pretty hesh few minutes on the pitch. In the end D'Alessandro was sent off for his part and William was substituted immediately but not punished.
So that is how things work in Brazil. A black Brazilian (Elicarlos) accuses a white Argentine (Maxi Lopez) of calling him a monkey and the Argentine has police remove him from the team bus, detain him, and is subject to thousands in fines and a criminal investigation. A black brazilian (William) slurs a white Argentine (D'Alessandro) and gets away without punishment while the player he insulted is sent off. The system in place is absurd and the way it is interpreted by officials is a joke.
And for the record when D'Alessandro (all 5'4 of him) went after William and challenged him the 6'2 central defender ran away like a little girl. There are two good bits of it in the clip linked above. William is number 4 in the dark kit. You can see it at 1:35 and then again at 2:50 of the video. Lame.
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