The three Vitoria de Guimarães supporters who were prosecuted for racist insults to Moussa Mariga in 2020 have published a public apology that they have committed to in accordance with the decision of the Guimarães court.
The operation was suspended in October last year, but some conditions were imposed, such as a payment of 1,000 euros, the impossibility of going to sports grounds for a year, and an apology to be published in a local newspaper in Guimarães, which is now held. In Desportivo. from Guimaraes.
Defendants Helder Gonçalves, Joaquim Ribeiro and Bruno Teixeira “presumed to have been three of the people who watched on February 16, 2020 the match between Vitoria and FC Porto, in round 21 of the 2019/2020 league, which took place at the Estadio de Afonso Henriques. Join the chants that erupted in the stadium and booed and insulted the visiting team player, Moussa Mariga.”
“For the supposed behaviour, the three accused intend to make a public apology to target Moses Marega and to anyone who might be offended by such behaviour, in particular to the Vitoria Sport Club assistant,” they wrote.
After that episode, Minho played three matches behind closed doors and paid a €53,500 fine imposed by the Portuguese Football Federation’s disciplinary board.
