Salvini: 'Shameful chants, I hope action is taken'. Infantino: 'Abominable and unacceptable racism'
“It's a tough fight, it will take time and courage but it's a fight that we will win”: Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan wrote this the day after the match against Udinese, a match interrupted because racist insults were directed at him several times.
Maignan in a long reflection posted on social media, he invites the football system to take its own responsibilities, defining “accomplices” those who have not distanced themselves from the gesture – even the fans in the stands – or who will not take severe measures including Udinese and the authorities. “It wasn't the player who was attacked,” explains Maignan, “but the man, the father of the family.” And again: “I am not a victim” and “thanks for the support, I see you and we are together”.
“It is a system that must take responsibility: the authors of these acts because it is easy to act in a group, in the anonymity of a grandstand; the spectators who were in the stands who saw everything, heard everything but decided to remain silent, you are accomplices; Udinese who only talked about interrupting the match, as if nothing had happened, you are an accomplice; the authorities and the prosecutor, with everything that is happening, if they do nothing, they will also be complicit”, says Maignan.
Salvini: 'Shameful chants, I hope action is taken'
Yesterday's chants were “shameful” and I hope that 2024 brings a new culture and a new sporting spirit to the stadiums. I hope that those responsible will intervene, I saw the Udinese club has already intervened with clear words, I think we cannot blame entire cities or clubs for a few idiots”. Thus the deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini on the boos aimed at Milan goalkeeper Maignan. ” I'm counting on the fact that we're only discussing sporting events – he adds – then yesterday we incredibly won in Udine, let's say that these idiots brought us luck. Maignan has all my solidarity as a sportsman, fan, as an Italian and as a civil person.”
Infantino: 'Abominable and unacceptable racism'
“The events that occurred on Saturday in Udine and in September in Sheffield are totally repugnant and completely unacceptable. The players affected by Saturday's events have my full support.” FIFA president Gianni Infantino has called for a ban on access to the stadium for fans who hurl “abominable” insults after what happened in Udine with the racist boos in Maignan and in England in September when in Sheffield goalkeeper Wes Foderingham was filled with racist insults. “There is no place for racism – Infantino wrote on social media – nor for other forms of discrimination, in football or in society”.
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