Brazil’s soccer federation president Ednaldo Rodrigues stated Friday that the rape convictions of former footballers Dani Alves and Robinho finish “one of the crucial nefarious chapters” within the nation’s sports activities historical past.
Rodrigues stated in a press release that the executives at governing physique CBF and its teaching employees really feel sorry for “the victims of the brutal crimes dedicated by the previous footballers.”
Robinho was jailed Thursday after a excessive courtroom licensed his nine-year jail sentence from a trial in Italy to be served in Brazil. This week, Alves received the chance to depart jail on bail whereas awaiting the enchantment of his conviction for rape.
“The yellow shirt that Brazilian athletes put on on the pitch is way more than a jersey. Similar to soccer to Brazil is greater than a sport. Those that put on it must defend the sentiments and values of a complete nation they signify,” Rodrigues stated. “It’s embarrassing that an athlete feels snug to commit such perversity as if all he achieved by means of sport will cease him from being punished.”
Hours earlier, Brazil’s new coach Dorival Júnior stated Robinho was “a incredible particular person” in a press convention in London forward of Saturday’s pleasant between his workforce and England at Wembley Stadium. Gamers of the nation’s ladies’s nationwide workforce expressed their disgust with Júnior’s touch upon social media all through Friday.
“That is unbelievable, it truly is,” midfielder Ary Borges stated on social media.
Earlier this week, the pinnacle of Brazil’s delegation in London, Palmeiras chairperson Leila Pereira, stated the silence of footballers across the instances of Alves and Robinho was “a slap within the face of all ladies.”
Rodrigues additionally stated Brazil’s bid to host the 2027 Ladies’s World Cup “represents the most important venture of the present administration to advertise the participation of girls in soccer, struggle sexism and develop the game.” The host nation for 2027 is predicted to be named in Could.
Alves stays jailed within the Brians II jail 45 minutes from Barcelona the place he was been for the previous 14 months. He was discovered responsible of raping a girl in a nightclub in December 2022 and sentenced to 4 years, six months in jail. He denied wrongdoing throughout the three-day trial in February.
Spain’s state prosecutors’ workplace in Barcelona requested a courtroom on Friday to rethink its resolution to grant Brazilian star Alves the chance to depart jail.
His requests to be launched on bail earlier than the trial have been denied as a result of the courtroom deemed him a flight threat.
Because the early hours of Friday, Robinho is an inmate at Tremembe penitentiary in rural Sao Paulo state. He’s anticipated to serve not less than 40% of his nine-year sentence for raping a girl in Italy.
Brazil prison regulation states suggests Robinho may get a extra versatile jail regime for good habits in jail. He might be eligible in 2027, when nearly half of his sentence has been served. He continues to disclaim any wrongdoing.
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