Mayor of Milan apologizes to Frenchman Coulibaly after being insulted by race

Posted in: 27/12/2018 – 18:05

Napoli said on his website that Coulibaly had been "racially chanted" during the match without giving details, while coach Carlo Ancelotti said that some fans were imitating the sound of animals throughout the match.

"These cries and ridicule against Coulibaly were a shame," Giuseppe Sala, mayor of Milan, wrote on his Facebook page at the end of Wednesday's match.

"It was a shameful event against a respectable athlete who is proud of his skin color and, to a lesser extent, many supporters who go to the stadiums to support their team with their friends."

Coulibaly was humiliated during the match before being expelled in the 81st minute after receiving a warning after his intervention against Matteo Bolitano, but was sent under applause for his decision.

After the match at 10 men, Napoli was shaken in the stops to lose 1-0.

"I was disappointed with the loss and then left my teammates on the field," said Coulibaly on his Twitter account. But I'm proud of the color of my skin. Proud to be French, Senegalese and player in Naples. "

The "fair" anti-racial discrimination network in European football, which has happened is trivial.

"Still in Italian football, a player is subjected to racial slurs and the referee does not act to make him angry and expelled, the same vicious circle is repeated".

Ancelotti said that Naples had asked the representative of the Italian Football Federation to stop playing three times during the match. Instead, the internal radio has called on the public to stop these actions.

The coach added that his players would leave the stadium if a similar incident occurred in the future.

Inter coach, Luciano Spalletti, called the action damaging to Italian football.

"If 65,000 tough people come to see the game on Christmas Day, they want to see something different from what happened." We must change the culture (if) our goal was to return to the top of football in Europe. "

Players in Italy must report any racist incidents to public security officials who have the power to interrupt the game.

The general rules were agreed in 2013 after Milan left the stadium in a friendly match against racial insults against a number of players.

Last year, Soli Muntari, from Ghana, made his name

Pescara receives a yellow then red card to complain of a racial insult during a match at Cagliari stadium.

Muntari, who said he was warned that he had been informed of the need to stop the match, had left the stadium in protest in the final minutes of the match to receive a second warning asking him to leave the stadium without authorization.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently one of the most brilliant players in the Italian league, was among those who quickly showed their support to Coulibaly on social networking sites.

"Culture and respect are needed in the world and in football," he said while playing against Coulibaly with an Italian comment. There is no room for racism and no aggressive or discriminatory actions. "