The possible sanction for the San Pablo player for Xenophobia against Navarro

Since 2023 the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) hardened the penalties against discriminations of this type, among many others, and Damián Bobadilla is exposed to strong punishment.

The Venezuelan side Miguel Navarroplayer of Workshopshe accused the Paraguayan Damián Bobadilla, of the San Pablo, after the 2-1 victory of the 2-1 of the 2-1 Tricolor On the last day of the group phase of the Copa Libertadores, which left the Argentine club eliminated and in the last place of group D. before this scandal, The Brazilian club player is exposed to a possible exemplary sanction.

In 2023 the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) modified some of the penalties against discriminatory speeches and in recent years it has been very hard with the punishments in front to aggressions for reasons of skin color, race, sex or sexual orientation, ethnicity, language, creed or origin.

Although most of the last time sanctions fell on clubs, such as forcing them to play by closed doors or similar sanctions, in general for racist songs or gestures of their fans to the rivals, the truth is that here it could also act.

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During the game, Bobadilla was not expelled since although Navarro cried in the field after a discussion between the two players after the second goal of SN Pablo, scored 41 minutes of the second half, It could not be noticed what he said through the VAR.

However, after the meeting, the defender denounced that his colleague called him “Venezuelan starving”which is why he almost leaves the game. Even then, he declared the police in the Morumbí, so Bobadilla could even be imprisoned for the laws of Brazil.

With respect to Comabol, in subsection 1 of article 17 details: “Any player or officer who insults or cares against the human dignity of another person or group of people, by any means, for reasons of skin color, race, sex or sexual orientation, ethnicity, language, creed or origin will be suspended for a minimum of five games or for a minimum period of time of two months“.

We will have to wait to know which determination takes the entity that leads football at the continental level after the very serious insult of Bobadilla, but Everything indicates that it could have an exemplary penalty.