FIFA President Infantino Condemns Racist Insults in Udinese-Milan Match

FIFA President Infantino Condemns Racist Insults in Udinese-Milan Match
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Sunday 21 January 2024, 11:52 - Last updated: 12:05
"A defeat should be imposed on teams whose fans have been protagonists of racist insults". With these words, Gianni Infantino criticized what happened during Udinese-Milan. In the first half, the Friulian fans insulted Maignan who initially warned referee Maresca of what had happened, but then at the 30th minute, he was forced to leave the field due to the too many racist insults received. With a post on social media, the president of FIFA commented on the incident: "Saturday's events in Udine and Sheffield are absolutely disgusting and totally unacceptable. There is no place for racism or other forms of discrimination, in football as well as in society. The players affected by what happened on Saturday have my full support". Udinese-Milan, Maignan leaves the field due to racist insults from the bianconeri fans: game suspended for five minutes The rest of the message This is how the number one in world football began, who continued: "It is necessary for all interested parties to act, starting from education in schools, so that future generations understand that this is not part of football or society. In addition to the three-step procedure (match suspension, second match interruption, match cancelled), a defeat should be imposed on teams whose fans have been protagonists of racist acts - thus causing the cancellation of the match -, as well as bans on access to stadiums around the world and criminal charges against those who commit racist acts". Finally, Infantino concluded: "FIFA and the world of football show full solidarity to the victims of racism and of any other form of discrimination. Once and for all: no to racism. No to any form of discrimination".
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