Soccer Football - Campeonato Gaucho - Gremio v Sao Luiz - Arena do Gremio, Porto Alegre, Brazil - March 15, 2020 Gremio pose for a team group while wearing masks before the match is played behind closed doors as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world REUTERS/Diego Vara
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - Players from Brazilian club Gremio took to the field wearing masks on Sunday in protest at having to play a soccer match as fears over coronavirus grow in the South American nation.
The players, led by manager Renato Portaluppi, walked out of the tunnel to play Sao Luiz and lined up before the game wearing white masks over their faces.
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