Napoli has decided not to remain silent after the acquittal of Acerbi by the Sports Judge. The blue club expressed its disappointment with the decision and reiterated its support for Juan Jesus who – after Inter-Napoli – accused the Inter defender of insulting him with a racist expression ('he called me 'negro'').

"Mr. Acerbi was not sanctioned. At this point, the guilty party should, for "justice" in sports, be Juan Jesus, who would have unjustly accused a colleague. It is not reasonable to think that he misunderstood. The principle of greater probability of an event, clearly visible from the dynamics of the facts and from his apologies on the field, which is considered in sports justice, disappears in this judgment. We remain astonished. Moreover, if what happened on the field, says the judgment, 'is definitely compatible with the expression of insults directed...by the Inter player, and not denied in their offensive and threatening tenor by the same', why not impose any sanction on the latter? Why, then, the judgment always says, 'being definitely proven the offense', no decision was taken by the 'justice' in sports regarding to punish the responsible? We are even more astonished. Napoli will no longer adhere to mere facade initiatives of the football institutions against racism and discrimination, we will continue to do them on our own, as we have always done, with renewed conviction and determination". The signature is a hashtag; #iostoconjj.