Closed mouth and raised fist: Corinthians players riot

The players of the Corinthians They covered their ears and mouth during the Brazilian national anthem before the women’s league match against the Saints yesterday Saturday in protest of the return of coach Kleiton Lima amid harassment accusations. Lima left Santos in September after 19 players accused him in anonymous letters published in a report by the Brazilian media ‘Globo Ge’.

“Those frivolous letters never applied to me. I left the club waiting for Santos to carry out its investigation. There is no formal accusation against me in court,” the coach said at a press conference at his presentation on Tuesday. . He added that, before giving up his position, he asked the club’s director, Alexandre Gallo, to investigate the case and open an investigation to clarify the authorship of the anonymous people who said that he had been the victim of slander and defamation.

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The protest, which the Santos players did not repeat against their coach, also occurred during the match between Avai/Kindermann and Palmeiras. In the official photograph, the number 19 shirts of both teams turned their backs to each other while their teammates covered their mouths in reference to the number of complaints against Lima.