{"id":348528,"date":"2011-03-29T23:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/scotland-fans-demand-apology-from-santos-and-brazil-striker-neymar-after-racism-fiasco\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T23:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T23:54:00","slug":"scotland-fans-demand-apology-from-santos-and-brazil-striker-neymar-after-racism-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/scotland-fans-demand-apology-from-santos-and-brazil-striker-neymar-after-racism-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland fans demand apology from Santos and Brazil striker Neymar after racism fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>30 Mar 2011 00:54:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"77.662641215427\">\n<div readability=\"22.014388489209\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"International friendly, Scotland v Brazil, Neymar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/629df65b127146_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>International friendly, Scotland v Brazil, Neymar<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"45.507210548002\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/scotland\/434\/scotland\">Scotland<\/a> fans have declared that they expect an apology from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/brazil\/373\/santos\">Santos<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/brazil\/209\/brazil\">Brazil<\/a> forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/people\/brazil\/29839\/neymar\/national\">Neymar<\/a> following the player\u2019s racist claims against the Scottish fans.<\/p>\n<p>The 19 year-old complained about the fact a banana was thrown onto  the pitch whilst the Samba-Stars celebrated the Chelsea target\u2019s second  goal of the afternoon \u2013 his third goal in as many senior internationals.<\/p>\n<p>After the Scottish fans were cleared of throwing the banana, the  Brazilian Football Federation and Kentaro \u2013 the match organisers \u2013 are expected to  be sent a letter on behalf of the Scottish fans complaining about the  matter and Neymar\u2019s jump to conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>The SFA were quick to point out that any booing will have been related  to perceived play-acting by Brazil\u2019s next big hope, rather than racism,  whilst Arsenal released a statement on their official website declaring  that it was in fact a teenage German tourist sitting amongst Brazilian  fans who threw the banana.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: &#8220;After consultation with the Metropolitan Police, Arsenal Football Club can confirm that a German teenage tourist has admitted throwing a banana on to the pitch during the Brazil v Scotland international friendly at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The youngster was sitting in the North Bank, an area of the stadium which was occupied by the official allocation of tickets to Brazil supporters, when he threw the banana on to the pitch during the second half of the match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Metropolitan Police is satisfied there was no racist intent and have confirmed that no further action will be taken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are believed to have sent all the information they have on the matter to the Brazilian Football Federation and to Kentaro.<\/p>\n<p>Tam Ferry, the Tartan Army spokesman, told reporters: &#8220;It\u2019s nice that it\u2019s been cleared up and our name has been cleared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The good reputation of the Tartan Army was in danger of getting tarnished.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re just waiting for an apology from Neymar now. He might have forgotten about it, but the Tartan Army haven\u2019t forgotten about his accusations, so we\u2019ll be expecting an apology from him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s the least the 30,000 Scotland fans at the game deserve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also now writing an official letter to the SFA to forward to the Brazilian FA and Kentaro regarding our unhappiness over this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_618.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3378\/international-friendlies\/2011\/03\/30\/2417466\/scotland-fans-demand-apology-from-santos-and-brazil-striker\" title=\"Scotland fans demand apology from Santos and Brazil striker Neymar after racism fiasco\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scotland fans demand apology from Santos and Brazil striker Neymar after racism fiasco<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ryan Benson 30 Mar 2011 00:54:00 International friendly, Scotland v Brazil, Neymar Related Links Teams Players Scotland fans have declared that they expect an apology from Santos and Brazil forward Neymar following the player\u2019s racist claims against the Scottish fans. The 19 year-old complained about the fact a banana was thrown onto the pitch whilst the Samba-Stars celebrated the Chelsea target\u2019s second goal of the afternoon \u2013 his third goal in as many senior internationals. After the Scottish fans were cleared of throwing the banana, the Brazilian Football Federation and Kentaro \u2013 the match organisers \u2013 are expected to be sent a letter on behalf of the Scottish fans complaining about the matter and Neymar\u2019s jump to conclusions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-348528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scotland fans demand apology from Santos and Brazil striker Neymar after racism fiasco - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/scotland-fans-demand-apology-from-santos-and-brazil-striker-neymar-after-racism-fiasco\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Scotland fans demand apology from Santos and Brazil striker Neymar after racism fiasco - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ryan Benson 30 Mar 2011 00:54:00 International friendly, Scotland v Brazil, Neymar Related Links Teams Players Scotland fans have declared that they expect an apology from Santos and Brazil forward Neymar following the player\u2019s racist claims against the Scottish fans. 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