The president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF),
Ednaldo Rodrigues
, issued a statement through the Confederation's official social media accounts regarding the rape convictions of
Robson de Souza
Robinho
and Daniel Alves
in which he assured that It is about the end of
"one of the most disastrous chapters in Brazilian football"
and expressed his support for their victims.
"
It is shameful that a player feels comfortable committing this type of perversity
, believing that what he achieved through sport will somehow protect him from any punishment
," said the top leader of the CBF, who is in London, in a note. to attend this Saturday's friendly against England.
Rodrigues' statement comes a day after the president of Palmeiras,
Leila Pereira,
in her capacity as head of the CBF delegation in this break for the double FIFA date, condemned that "no one" from the world of football had spoken out about the prison sentences that Robinho and Dani Alves have received for rape.
Rodrigues now stated that
"the two cases, which involve players who were stars of the Brazilian national team, one of the greatest cultural icons
" of the country, and that "cannot end with the conviction of the two culprits."
The final convictions of two players Robson de Souza and Daniel Alves place a final point in one of the two most disastrous chapters of Brazilian soccer.
You have two cases, involving players who are stars of the Brazilian Soccer Team, one of the two biggest cultural icons of…
— CBF Futebol (@CBF_Futebol) March 22, 2024
In her opinion,
"it is essential that the brave attitude of the victims inspire more and more women not to remain silent in the face of such atrocities
. "
In the case of the former Real Madrid, Manchester City and AC Milan player,
he entered prison on Thursday in Brazil
to begin serving a nine-year prison sentence for participating in a group rape of a young Albanian woman in a Milan nightclub in 2013. .
He was firmly convicted by the Italian Justice and last Wednesday the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil
approved the sentence
to be carried out in the country, since the Brazilian Constitution prohibits the extradition of its natural-born citizens.
For his part,
Alves was sentenced in the first instance by the Spanish Justice
to four and a half years in prison for a crime of sexual assault, after abusing a woman in a nightclub in Barcelona, in December 2022.
Dani Alves will be released in Spain after paying bail.
EFE/ Alberto Estévez
However, in the absence of a resolution on the appeals,
the Barcelona Court on Wednesday set a bail of one million euros for him to be provisionally released
, money that he has been trying to collect since then.
Neither the Brazilian clubs through which both players passed, nor the current or past idols of the
Canarinha
, have commented on these cases, despite the growing demand from the press and social networks.
The first to do so was Pereira:
"No one says anything, but I, as a woman, here head of the national team delegation, have to take a position. This is a slap in the face for all of us women, especially the case of Daniel Alves, who paid for their freedom
," he denounced.
Rodrigues, president of the CBF, together with Leila Pereira, head of Palmeiras.
(AFP)
In the face of social pressure, Rodrigues pointed out that the sentences against Robinho and Alves
"put an end to one of the most disastrous chapters in Brazilian football
. "
"The CBF, all its leaders and the technical commission of the Brazilian team, stand in solidarity with the victims of the two brutal crimes committed by the former players," he said.
Rodrigues recognized that "machismo prevails" in football and that men need
"to be on the front line to combat not only sexual violence, but all types of violence
. "
He also stressed that the shirt is more than a uniform and
"it is up to those who wear it to defend the feelings and values of the country."