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Soccer-Player receives death threat ahead of Brazilian Cup tie

October 28, 2015 publisher before-helping, china, death-threat, europe-shares, instagram, private-message, revenue-rose, safety, said-the-threat, seen-during, squad, strong-dollar, their-players, their-squad, united

By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Fluminense are “taking all the appropriate precautions” to ensure the safety of their squad after one of their players received a death threat ahead of Wednesday night’s Brazilian Cup tie against Palmeiras. A spokesman for the club said the threat to midfielder Vinicius came via a private message on Instagram that told him to think twice before helping Fluminense defend their 2-1 first-leg lead.