Richarlison opens up on racist incident during Brazil's win over Tunisia

PARIS: After a banana was thrown at him during Brazil's 5-1 victory over Tunisia, Richarlison Andrade warned racism will continue "every day and everywhere" unless the authorities "punish" the offenders.

The incident happened following the striker's celebration of scoring Brazil's second goal in the friendly match in Paris.

"As long as it's 'blah blah blah' and they don't punish, it will continue like this," Richarlison tweeted.

Before the game began, Brazil posed with an anti-racism banner.

The group formed a line, holding a sign that read: "Without our black players, we wouldn't have stars on our shirts."

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) stated in a statement that it "reinforced its position to combat racism" and "repudiates any display of prejudice".

After Montassar Talbi had cancelled out Raphinha's opening goal, Richarlison's goal gave Brazil the advantage once more.

Before Raphinha scored his second goal in the game, Neymar added a penalty. After Dylan Bronn was dismissed for Tunisia, Pedro added the final goal.  

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