Palmeiras president condemns fan attack on goalkeeper

 　　RIO DE JANEIRO, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Palmeiras goalkeeper Fernando Prass needed medical treatment after being struck by a glass object thrown by a fan at Buenos Aires' city airport on Thursday.

　　The incident followed the Brazilian club's 1-0 Copa Libertadores defeat to Argentine side Tigre on Wednesday night.

　　Prass suffered a cut ear during the attack which involved up to 30 fans and left Palmeiras' Chile international midfielder Jorge Valdivia seeking refuge in the airport restrooms.

　　"What happened is unacceptable and Palmeiras will not tolerate this type of behaviour," Palmeiras president Paulo Nobre said.

　　"From today we have ended all of our privileges to organized fan groups. Until they take action to stop this from happening there won't be any dialogue. We are 100% behind our players."

　　Prass and Palmeiras football manager Omar Feitosa did not board the Sao Paulo-bound flight and remained in Buenos Aires on Thursday to report the incident to local police.

　　Palmeiras, historically one of Brazil's most successful clubs, were last year relegated¹ to the country's second tier but qualified² for the Copa Libertadores by virtue³ of winning the Copa do Brasil.

　　They are currently third in their group with just three points from three matches.

1 relegated   

v.使降级( relegate的过去式和过去分词 )；使降职；转移；把…归类

参考例句：

• She was then relegated to the role of assistant. 随后她被降级做助手了。
• I think that should be relegated to the garbage can of history. 我认为应该把它扔进历史的垃圾箱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

3 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。