Social controversy after the 'pardon' granted by FIGC and Gabriele Gravina a Romelu Lukaku, Whose disqualification (initially of one day) was revoked completely “exceptional and extraordinary” as the Belgian striker was the victim of choirs e insults racists at the Allianz Stadium.
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The episode dates back to the final minutes of the first leg between Inter e Juventus, semi-final of Coppa Italia: Lukaku he will therefore be able to regularly take to the field in the return match at San Siro which will assign a place in the final in Rome between the Nerazzurri and the Bianconeri.
Lukaku, Gravina grants 'pardon' and suspends disqualification
Some fans, however, did not take the extraordinary decision well. Gravina and FIGC. Among these are also those of the Napoli, who accused the Football Federation of having adopted “double standards” given some past incidents involving other players being victims of racist insults on the pitch.
Napoli fans furious: “And Koulibaly in 2018?”
What certainly stands out is the fact that it involved Kalidou Koulibaly, at the time central defender of the Napoli, in 2018 at San Siro againstInter. The Senegalese was in fact expelled e disqualified for a day after a round of applause addressed to the Nerazzurri fans who had targeted him with racist slurs throughout the game.
"How come Koulibaly did not have the same 'grace' that it has today Lukaku? ", protests a user on Twitter. “Today we discover that there is Serie A, Serie B and Serie C racism”, we read again. “Everything is in order, I guess they took this decision to put a patch on the huge embarrassment they made internationally”.
Article published on 23 April 2023 - 10:30
