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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/05/brazilian-striker-tears-racist-abuse-romania

 

The Concordia Chiajna striker Wellington has complained he was the victim of repeated racist abuse from a section of Rapid Bucharest supporters during their Romanian league match on Friday.

 

Wellington, who was seen in tears at the end of the match, accused Rapid fans of throwing a banana at him, while TV footage showed supporters making monkey gestures and racial slurs during the tense goalless draw.

 

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“It’s incredible what happened … my wife and my child were in the stands,” Wellington told local media. “I wanted to get off the field, I’m not a monkey. I told the referee and he gave me a yellow card. Those who did that are idiots, and I hope the federation will do something about it.”

 

The Romanian football authorities were not immediately available for comment.

 

The incidents come after it was announced that Manchester City’s match at CSKA Moscow will be played behind closed doors and two months after Uefa punished three Champions League clubs for racist behaviour by fans, with Steaua Bucharest, Hungary’s Debrecen and Slovenia’s Maribor ordered to close sections of their grounds. Steaua were sanctioned again in September.

 

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Rapid’s coach Marian Rada, who began his sixth spell in charge of the Bucharest-based club, made an extraordinary statement afterwards, saying: “Was he crying? Don’t you see what’s happening in theatres? Maybe Wellington should have cried because he didn’t score.

 

“How do we know it was a Rapid fan? Maybe a banana just slipped out of someone’s hand in the stands.”

 

At the same time, the Romanian police said an investigation has been launched after a Rapid Bucharest fan entered the stadium in Chiajna with a flag with Nazi symbols printed on it. Police said they will use video evidence when tracking the offender, who could face from six months to five years in prison.

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