Richarlison issues frustrated ‘blah, blah, blah’ response after banana thrown at him during Brazil game

Tottenham forward Richarlison believes racism will continue happening “every day and everywhere” unless punishment is handed out following his own experience of abuse during Brazil’s friendly win over Tunisia in Paris on Tuesday.

A banana was thrown at the former Everton player in the 19th minute after he ran towards the corner flag to celebrate scoring his side’s second goal in a 5-1 win at the Parc des Princes.

Footage showed Manchester United midfielder Fred kicking the banana away, while other objects were also thrown onto the pitch.

Richarlison posted on Twitter: ‘As long as they stay ‘blah blah blah’ and don’t punish, it’s going to continue like this, happening every day and everywhere. No time bro!’

The 25-year-old received plenty of messages of support on social media, including from former clubs America Mineiro and Fluminense, while his current employers, Spurs, tweeted out a message of condemning the incident.

‘We are disgusted by the racist abuse of Richarlison at last night’s game between Brazil and Tunisia,’ Spurs wrote on Twitter.

‘This has no place in football, or anywhere. We stand with you, Rich.’

Former Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand, meanwhile, a passionate anti-racism campaigner, outlined his frustration at another incident that is likely to be ‘swept under the carpet’.

He told Vibe with Five: ‘It just continues. The sanctions are not working, they aren’t hard enough. People are going onto social media and into stadiums feeling it’s fine, nothing is going to happen, I might get a little ban.

‘There’s no barriers, there’s no repercussions, there’s no authority that says this is what we stand for and anybody that crosses that line then bang, take that.

‘No player, or club, or organisation don’t stand tall