Brazil Soccer Chief Says Rape Convictions For Alves And Robinho Ends ‘Nefarious Chapter’

SAO PAULO: Brazil soccer chief Ednaldo Rodrigues says the rape convictions of former internationals Dani Alves and Robinho ends “probably the most nefarious chapters” within the nation’s sports activities historical past.

Brazil confederation executives and training employees really feel sorry for “the victims of the brutal crimes dedicated by the previous footballers,” Rodrigues mentioned in a press release on Friday.

Robinho was jailed on Thursday after a excessive courtroom licensed his nine-year sentence from a trial in Italy to be served in Brazil. Alves is serving a 4 1/2-year sentence for rape.

“The yellow shirt that Brazilian athletes put on on the pitch is rather more than a jersey. Similar to soccer to Brazil is greater than a sport. Those that put on it have to defend the emotions and values of a complete nation they symbolize,” Rodrigues mentioned.

“It’s embarrassing that an athlete feels snug to commit such perversity as if all he achieved by sport will cease him from being punished.”

Hours earlier, Brazil coach Dorival Júnior mentioned Robinho was “a improbable particular person” in a press convention in London forward of Saturday’s pleasant in opposition to England. Júnior was recalling when he coached Robinho at Santos, however Brazil ladies’s workforce gamers expressed their disgust at Júnior’s sentiment on social media.

“That is unbelievable, it truly is,” midfielder Ary Borges posted.

This week, the pinnacle of Brazil’s delegation in London, Palmeiras chairperson Leila Pereira, mentioned the silence of footballers across the circumstances of Alves and Robinho was “a slap within the face of all ladies.”

Rodrigues additionally mentioned Brazil’s bid to host the 2027 Ladies’s World Cup “represents the most important mission of the present administration to advertise the participation of ladies in soccer, struggle sexism and develop the game.” The 2027 host is anticipated to be picked in Might.

Alves performed 126 instances for Brazil from 2006-22. He has been in jail outdoors Barcelona for 14 months. He was discovered responsible of raping a lady in a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. 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 choice to grant Alves the chance to go away jail early.

Robinho performed 100 matches for Brazil from 2003-17. He was taken to Tremembe penitentiary in rural Sao Paulo state on Friday for raping a lady in Italy in a gaggle sexual assault in 2013.

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