Leonardo Bonucci says Moise Kean "50 years – 50 years" is to blame for racist abuse

Juventus striker Moise Kean has been the victim of racist abuse in the stands against the Serie A winners in Cagliari, but has been accused of provoking supporters of his team-mate Leonardo Bonucci.

The Italian international was mistreated all night by home support sections, led by singing monkeys, but took a defensive stance after scoring a second goal late in the game.

The teenager stood at the post office, arms raised in response to chants in the stands.

Moise Kean celebrated his goal on Tuesday in front of the Cagliari fans who racially badaulted him

Kean added a late second after receiving singing monkeys from local supporters

Leonardo Bonucci thinks that Kean could have provoked the fans in their reaction

The Juventus players, led by captain Giorgio Chiellini, protested against referee Piero Giacomelli, who was also in conversation with the two managers.

The skipper of Cagliari, Luca Ceppitelli, turned to the fans behind the goal to demand that the songs stop, while France midfielder Blaise Matuidi signaled his coach Mbadimiliano Allegri to withdraw his players.

As the play continued, the public address system was announced to the public, which was welcomed by some local fans before the final whistle, after another five minutes.

The incident comes eight days after English players were subjected to racist violence during their qualification at the Euro 2020 in Montenegro. "Aggressive and primitive".

Kean's goal was added to Leonardo Bonucci's head in the 22nd minute, but the Italian defender decided to criticize the teenager for provoking the confrontation.

Rodrigo Bentancur lifts the projectile under the eyes of Blaise Matuidi

Giorgio Chiellini tries to calm Matuidi after the anger of the incident

"Kean knows that when he scores a goal, he has to focus on celebrating with his teammates. He knows that he could also have done something different, Bonucci said. Sky Sport Italia.

"There was racist mockery after the goal, Blaise heard and got angry. I think the blame is 50-50, because Moses should not have done that and the Curva should not have reacted that way.

"We are professionals, we must give the example and not provoke anyone.

"I prefer to talk about the great performance. We were aggressive on the wings because we knew that they could cause problems of centers.

"We knew that Cagliari was marking the zones and leaving this space open, so we trained yesterday and worked very well."

Blaise Matuidi defended Kean by posting on Twitter "White + Black #NoToRacism". Kean called it "the best way to react to racism" when he posted on Instagram.

Matuidi defended his Juventus teammate on Twitter and wrote 'White # Black # NoToRacism & # 39;

Matuidi posted a couple's selfie party in the locker room after the match

Kean called his celebration "the best way to react to racism" when he posted on Instagram

"I will not justify what happened, as usual, there were idiots and normal people," added coach Mbadimiliano Allegri.

"We have to find them and kick them out of the stadium … there's a way to do it, if they want it, they can do it."

The president of Cagliari, Tommaso Giulini, denied that the abuses suffered by Kean were racist.

"If Bernardeschi had celebrated such a party, he would have been treated the same way by our fans. If Dybala had had the same surprises as Matuidi after the goal, he would have been treated exactly the same, "he said.

"I do not want people to start being self-sufficient about it, because I've heard it before, when the Juventus players came to see me afterwards and confessed that Kean was wrong to celebrate it. like this.

"We can not call the whole crowd of Cagliari offending things. If there were racist taunts, our supporters would have been wrong, but it happened because of the celebration and it would have happened even if the scorer had a different skin color. & # 39;