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The video of Luiz Eduardo, 11 years old, crying when he said he was the victim of a racial injury in a game between soccer schools in the Goiás countryside, reached Neymar. The Brazilian and PSG star published a video on Friday with a message of support for the child.
Neymar, who recently experienced a similar situation in the Champions League recently, told Luiz Eduardo not to give up his dream of being a footballer, he wanted strength and said he was in the crowd.
“Luiz Eduardo speaks, this is Neymar. I saw that you went through a completely boring, sad situation. Unfortunately, we are going through this kind of thing that today no longer fits. I want to wish him strength, I hope not. Give up what you love to do , which is playing football. Strength, transform it into training, dedication, love for what you do, parents, family, everyone, without color, without any race. A kiss, focus with God, Success, I am encouraging you. A hug ” Neymar said.
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In addition to Neymar, Flamengo goalkeeper Hugo Souza and Brazilian futsal winger and Benfica Arthur Guilherme, who is from Uberlândia, the same city as the boy, sent messages to Luiz Eduardo on Friday. The boy’s father reported that it was a “very difficult situation for the family.”
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Luiz Eduardo plays in the Uberlândia Academy sub-11 – Photo: Playback / Instagram
On Wednesday, Luiz Eduardo played a match for the Caldas Cup, in Caldas Novas, Goiás, for the Uberlândia Academy U-11 team, in the city of Triângulo Mineiro.
After the game, still with the victory over SET, the boy left the four lines crying. When asked what happened, he said he heard an offense from the opposing coach during the game. (see testimonial below).
Teen denounces racism during soccer match in Uberlândia
– The guy used to say “Shut up the nigga up there, look! Then I waited to talk to the parents at the end. He said many times,”
The report was posted by the mining team, with parental permission, on social media, along with a note of disapproval, on Thursday. A police report was registered and the boy testified before the Civil Police on Friday. Lázaro Caiana de Oliveira, an opposition coach accused by the boy of sending the team to “score the black”, denies having said the sentence and revealed that he had suffered threats after the repercussions of the case. It was provisionally suspended by the organization of the competition.