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West Ham boss Pardew asked Tevez's team-mates to decide on a punishment for his early exit - and they decided he had to wear the shirt of fierce international rivals Brazil in training.
But Tevez said: "I just couldn't train in a Brazil shirt. I wouldn't do it. It was like asking an Englishman to wear a German kit - he'd never do that.
"I'm happy to be making a donation to charity, but it's just too much to wear the strip of my country's biggest rivals.
"I played in Brazil for Corinthians and enjoyed my time there, but I couldn't be seen wearing their national shirt."
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But Tevez said: "I just couldn't train in a Brazil shirt. I wouldn't do it. It was like asking an Englishman to wear a German kit - he'd never do that.
"I'm happy to be making a donation to charity, but it's just too much to wear the strip of my country's biggest rivals.
"I played in Brazil for Corinthians and enjoyed my time there, but I couldn't be seen wearing their national shirt."
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