Reprehensible: Inter confirm racist attack on Envalencia to eliminate Libertadores

Granted, Enna Valencia could have been chosen to represent the international champions and be a finalist for the 2023 Copa Libertadores if any of the obvious scenarios it created had come to pass. However, in addition to being unpredictable, football can also be thankless. . As the Ecuadorian failed to complete the goal, Fluminense rewritten the score to 2-1, Colorado’s favoritism turned the cannon on him and caught it with the forwards.

Both sad and reprehensible. From being highly praised for his conquests and performances against Bolivar and River Plate in the same game, to becoming the villain of a Brazilian team that is looking for its third Libertadores in history thanks to John F. Kennedy’s celebrations , it all disappeared in six minutes (81′) and Germany’s Cano (87′) in Bella Rio. Then, Hundreds of firebrands attacked the former Emelek online, hurling racist insults and threats.

Although the wound has not yet healed, Inter Milan issued a warning to fans for this behavior and issued a statement on its official channels. “The club Expresses its strongest opposition to the racist attacks against its athlete Enna ValenciaIn addition to expressing solidarity with the players and their families, they are also provided with all necessary support. “

“We do not tolerate discrimination,” the letter continued, ending with a promise: “Inter Milan also informed that it will refer the case to the authorities, Firm belief that conduct on social networks will not go unpunished.”

The 33-year-old’s Instagram profile has been met with a lot of criticism, while Twitter (now Brazilian.

Enna Valencia decided to sign for Internazionale Porto Alegre last June after winning the Turkish title and scoring goals for Fenerbahce, and it immediately aroused excitement and anticipation in Colorado.

First he was greeted at a large venue at Belo Horizonte airport before fans packed Gigantinho, with around 10,000 spectators in attendance to watch the Ecuadorian’s official appearance. From the cheers of June 26 to this point, there are only two paltry definitions for Fluminense.

The San Lorenzo-born striker, 33, joins with Colorado already in the last 16 and River Plate on the horizon. In his first fight, the first round, Superman scored with a header, eventually rewriting the score from 1-2 to 1-0.

The goal was his first in South America’s most important club tournament (he had not scored many goals at Bombillo).In the second leg, his team won 2-1 and were forced to take a penalty kick, in which Enna won 9-8 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

While the team led by Eduardo Coudet struggled to establish themselves locally, at the international level they stood shoulder to shoulder with the Ecuadorians.In the first leg match against Bolivar in La Paz The Ratri captain scored a goal to make the score 1-0.

In revenge against the Bolivians, He scored twice to lead 2-0. and a ticket to the semi-finals, where they lost to Fluminense.