Tabata and other Palmeiras substitutes drew attention to racist abuse from Cerro Porteno fans during the match, which was played in May. "What actually happened was that I heard the fans shouting 'monos' (monkeys) at the players who were on the pitch, near the north stand. "When we understood, I asked them back and wanted to understand if that was it, if they were calling us monkeys. "I was denouncing the racism that was taking place by their fans, because they are the ones responsible, not us," he added. In a video posted on social media and published by local media outlet Globo Ge, a Porteno fan recorded himself calling Palmeiras players monkeys and shouting other insults.

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Persons: Bruno Tabata, Tabata, Pablo Rojas, Basta, Angelica Medina, Ken Ferris Organizations: Palmeiras, CONMEBOL, Copa Libertadores, Paraguay's Cerro Porteno, Cerro Porteno, South, Paraguayan, Libertadores, Porteno, Reuters, Thomson Locations: South American, Mexico City