Another serious case of racism in Italian football: "We asked three times to suspend the match" – 26/12/2018

The Naples coach, Carlo Ancelotti, revealed that during the match against Inter, he had asked three times to suspend the match because of the incessant racist cries of local supporters against defender Kalidou Koulibaly, who was then returned.

"We asked three times for the suspension of the match and three announcements were announced, but the match continued," Ancelotti told Sky.

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On several occasions, Koulibaly – a Senegalese born in France – was the victim of shouts from supporters of Inter, who imitated the howling of a monkey who attacked him.

"The player was nervous, his mood was not the best. It's a very decent and very professional player. It's not like him, but he had those screams all the way "Ancelotti explained about the expulsion of the defender from Naples.

Although the stadium's voice asked for three times that the fans end with racist screams, the party judge, Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni, decided not to interrupt the match.

Koulibaly was sent off with 15 minutes to play for a double yellow card.

His first warning concerned an offense against Matteo Politano and the second for having applauded the referee.

The goal of Argentine Lautaro Martinez was already scored at the end of the 1-0 match against Inter during the 8th day of the A-series.

"It sounds like an excuse, but the player was restless, nervous, not good for us or for Italian football, there is a solution. You have to interrupt the game. You just have to know from how many ads. And if you do not know it, then it will be the next time we stop, "said the former coach of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

After the match, the Napoli defender was injured by the defeat and regretted by his reaction, although he inflated his chest against racist acts. "I am proud of the quality of my skin, to be French, Senegalese, Neapolitan: man".

This is not the first time that a case of this type is lived. In April 2017, Ghana's Sulley Muntari of Pescara decided to leave mid-game to play Serie A against Cagliari, after hearing racist songs from his rival's platform. The referee, who did not hear the attack on the podium, reprimanded the player for his angry complaint.

Muntari once counted that the encounter was a boy who started with racist insults against the 32-year-old player, and who tried to give him the example by giving him the t-shirt. But in the second stage, the songs continued. And although the player approached the platform to ask them to stop, the answer was negative.

The Ghanaian said that what bothered him the most was the attitude of the referee who, according to his version of events, accused him of "raising his voice" and telling him not to communicate with the public. .

Violence also on the outside

According to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, four Napoli supporters were stabbed in the vicinity of Giuseppe Meazza during the pre-match match against Inter, after a confrontation between supporters.

One of the four wounded had to be hospitalized: it is about a 43-year-old man who was wounded with a knife in the belly, although his life is not in danger.

The other three suffered minor cuts and, after being treated by local medical staff, were able to enter the stadium and watch the match.