Brazil coach Dunga apologizes for race comment at Copa America
Brazil coach Dunga has been forced to apologize after racist remarks at a Copa America news conference.
Ahead of his side's quarterfinal against Paraguay in Concepcion on Saturday, Dunga was addressing his critics when he was quoted as saying: "We were bad but lucky in some games and in others we were good but with bad luck.
"The team went 40 years without a Copa America and 24 years without the World Cup. I guess I'm of African descent because everyone likes to hit me, and how much I like to be hit.
"These guys look out for me and say, 'Let's hit that guy over there', and then they start to hit me. Without caring, without anything."
His crass comparison caused a backlash on social media, and the 51-year-old apologized via a statement on the Brazilian Football Confederation's website.
"I apologize to everyone who might feel offended by my statement about people of African descent," a translation of Dunga's response read. "The way I expressed it does not reflect my feelings and opinions."
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