Nicolás Fernández, striker from San Lorenzo, shared a photo with a controversial message to Luis Advíncula, a Peruvian player from Boca Juniors, following the victory in the classic.
After a long period of crisis, San Lorenzo is struggling to find some peace, and last weekend they had great joy following beating Boca Juniors. Nevertheless, one of his players went too far in expressing his satisfaction at having played a good game.
Is regarding Nicholas Fernandezthat it got a more than unfortunate post on his Instagram account once morest Luis Advíncula. ‘Uvita’ was very close to leaving in the transfer market, he reposted a photo of himself in front of the Peruvian player from Boca who had uploaded an account related to the Cyclone with a reprehensible message: “Nicolás Fernández steps on it, the monkey looks”.
As Argentine journalist Pablo Lisotto explained, associating a person with primates is a clear case of xenophobia and racism. This kind of insult has been seen in European football on several occasions, with fans throwing bananas at dark-skinned footballers. In turn, Boca, River and Independiente were fined by Conmebol for gestures by some fans alluding to the monkeys once morest biases of different Brazilian teams.
Will Nicolás Fernández know that calling a human being a monkey is synonymous with xenophobia and that endorsing that barbarity (which a third party wrote) by adding it to his Instagram story can bring him problems in court?#San Lorenzo #Boca #Advincula #SayNoToRacism pic.twitter.com/AUVj3lIOWS
– Pablo Lisotto (@plisotto) July 10, 2022
After receiving rejection from several users on social networks, “Uvita” Fernández deleted the story from his Instagram account. Although he was not the one who wrote the message, she was undoubtedly wrong to share it.
Network reactions:
NO TO RACISM!
Nicolas Fernandez player of the @Saint Lawrence should be categorically punished by his club and the @afa. The ridicule and denigration through racism must be eradicated from the playing fields.My full support “Lightning” @luisadvincula17 ????????. pic.twitter.com/2UOVjM4HRb
— Edson Tinoco (@edsontinoco02) July 11, 2022
REPUDIABLE ????
Nicolás Fernández, a San Lorenzo player, shared an image with a racist message from his Instagram account. In the photo appeared the Peruvian Luis Advíncula, who was called “monkey”.????More information ➡️ https://t.co/CdyubGGfd2 pic.twitter.com/lUEgJY1dvC
– Infobae Peru (@infobaeperu) July 11, 2022
#Racism Footballer Nicolás Fernández de San Lorenzo shares a racist comment towards Luis Advincula. Animalizing Afro-descendants is common and is a practice that must be condemned and eliminated from all spaces, including football ???????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/4yWMC8cgSG
– Sofia Carrillo Zegarra (@SofiaCarrilloZ) July 11, 2022
NO TO THESE ACTIONS!
Nicolás Fernández ???????? footballer from San Lorenzo ????????, shared a racist message once morest Luis Advíncula ????????. The Argentine player erased the stories. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/MuSh4mM3Ki– Joaquin Vásquez (@joaquinv_vv) July 11, 2022
