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(AFP) – Naples fans reacted to what had happened in the middle of the week during their team's match against Inter Milan in showing their support to their Senegalese player Calido Coulibaly by wearing masks and wearing the pictures and posters of the player "Tous nous Coulibaly" before and during Saturday's match against Bologna 3.2).
The Serie A side were punished with two home games without a crowd due to racist protests against the Senegalese defender in Wednesday's match against Giuseppe Meazza.
A part of Inter supporters shouted "screams of monkey" to the Senegalese international, amid criticism from coach Napoli Carlo Ancelotti, who confirmed that his team had repeatedly asked to stop the match without getting an answer.
Despite the request of Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to stop the League matches after the events of Wednesday and the death of an Inter supporter in front of violent stages, the final phase of the 2018 tournament was held Saturday, allowing supporters of Naples to meet Giuseppe Meazza.
The supporters expressed their solidarity with Coulibaly during the match against Bologna at San Paolo stadium, wearing masks on the player's face as well as shirts bearing his name.
She also placed a sign in front of the stadium indicating: "We are all Coulibali: no racism!", While leaflets were posted in the stands and indicated "Coulibaly the Big Brother" or "We are with you, Calido".
Small but I am a man like Coulibaly
The publication of a small fan campaign titled "I'm small, but I'm a man like Coulibaly" is particularly important.
On the pitch, Algerian defender Napoli Fauzi Gholam wore the No. 26 Colibale jersey during warm-ups in the absence of the latter following his dismissal against Inter for two successive warnings, the first for the striker Matteo Bolitano and the second for the referee Paulo Silvio Matzolini. . The result was a goalless draw before substitute Argentina's Otaru Martinez clinched the winner in the first minute of the break.
Ghulam supports Coulibaly
On the eve of the match, Ghulam said on Twitter: "The color of the skin does not matter.Religion does not matter.It does not matter. team that you encourage Football, like all sports, is a game All sports are pbadion, pleasure and freedom: in freedom we are alike Tomorrow we will all be Coulibaly!
"Today, we are more united than ever after the match between San Siro and Inter, Saturday's win was very important and we are happy for Coulibaly (for the support he received). for us, for our extraordinary audience. "
EU
The European Football Federation (UEFA) said it did not apply the correct anti-racism protocol in the mid-week match against Inter's coach, Napoli Ancelotti on Saturday reaffirmed his position that the match should have been suspended temporarily. There was some confusion in Milan, "he said," We have never asked for a suspension, but we have asked three times to stop it temporarily. "
"The European Football Federation (UEFA) has confirmed that we were right, it surprises me that the President of the Union of Rulers does not agree with me." I hope this does not happen. will happen again or we will no longer be in the stadium, "he said commenting on what his audience had done on Saturday against Poland." Some 50,000 people call Coulibaly, what a balance sheet. There were beautiful feelings all over the city. "
"Calido is very popular, he has received messages from many athletes and it is proof that it is not difficult to improve things."
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