Ivan Almeida denounces racism against Nilson at Sporting-Benfica: «If he reacts, I want to see if any manager comes to say he staged» – Futsal

Ivan Almeida denounced a gesture by a fan at the João Rocha Pavilion, during the Sporting-Benfica em futsalspeaking of yet another racist attitude in Portuguese pavilions.
“I want to see if Nilson reacts, if a leader comes to say that he staged an act and was also a big joke. If we remain silent and without reacting to a situation like this, we are being ‘enablers’ of racism. How long will this continue and you think this normal???”, shot the basketball player incarnate on Twitter. A post that would delete minutes later. It is recalled that the Cape Verdean guaranteed to have been target of racist insults at Dragão Arena in the recent final of the basketball league, between FC Porto and Benfica, recalling in today’s publication the words of Afonso Barros, Porto director, who denied any racism and accused the opponent of “clowning”.

Rest, Nelson had already reportedlast month, a situation of racism that he was allegedly the target of in a game with Sporting, in the final of the futsal Cup of Portugal, “by a colleague of profession”.