After a video was released in which the rapporteur Atilio Costa Febre described as a “monkey” and “monkey” a footballer from Boca Juniros, during the Superclassic against River Plate, the xeneize club issued a statement in which it repudiated the fact .
“In the face of the discriminatory and disqualifying expressions of journalist Atilio Costa Febre against a player of our team during last Saturday’s match, we want to share our concern and repudiation. We deeply regret that such situations continue to be repeated, because discrimination is a serious crime, which incites hatred and violence, “the text reads.
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The club adds: “From the Boca Juniors Athletic Club, through specific workshops, talks and campaigns, we have been pursuing active policies to banish all forms of discrimination and we will continue to do so because we are clear about the role we have to play as central actors in this And we believe that all football must make a strong commitment so that no one sees their rights cut because of their race, religion, ideas, sex or nationality. “
In the transmission of the last Superclásico, Costa Febre (rapporteur of the campaign of River in FM TOP 104.9), talked about to a player of Mouth like “mono” and “simi”, when seeing it focused by the television.
“Oh, what a monkey, please,” he says at the on-screen appearance of a xeneize football player, which the recording doesn’t reveal. “I say from this image that it gave me television in the foreground, right? A whole ape,” he added.
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