"ROME AFRICA" shocked the Italian ball

ROME, Italy (AP) – Lazio, AC Milan and fourth seed Juventus beat Novara, fourth, 3-1, and Sampdoria, second, 2-0, with the same result Saturday in half final.

Lazio scored the first goal in the first half with a 4-1 win over Luis Alberto, 12, Chiro Imobeli (20, 35) and Sergei Milinkovic Savic (45 + 3).

Umberto Uzibe scored the only goal for visitors early in the second period with a 49th-minute penalty.

The match was marked by racist and anti-Semitic demonstrations at the Olympic Stadium, Italian media reported. According to Italian news agencies and La Gazzetta dello Sport, these racist songs originate from part of the northern track where Lazio fans have gathered, and traditional rivals have been targeted by Roma.

The sports newspaper also evoked cheers or "club at Rome" in Africa.

Racist attacks also targeted the security forces after Tuesday's clashes between police and Lazio supporters, on the sidelines of a concert in the city center to celebrate the club's 119th anniversary. Eight policemen were injured and four Lazio supporters were arrested. After the match, Lazio spokesman Arturo Diaconal spoke of "psychological disorder" and "collective condemnation of marginal events".

Defense

"I'm here to talk about the racist crying that would have happened, I'm one of the 98% of people on the ground who have not heard about it." "The club naturally condemns racist slogans, but we have to look at the dimensions of the phenomenon.I think it's a form of mental disorder that focuses on minority or non-existent events. "

"I have been aware of the encouragement as if the whole stadium had participated.We should not turn this into a state of collective panic for nothing.I invite our media colleagues to take into account the incidents that are generally ignored. "

Italian police opened Wednesday an investigation on posters posted on the Internet and signed by the group Altras, inactive for years at the club.

Italian football has been the scene of recent violence before the match between Inter Milan and Naples on Dec. 26, when an Inter supporter was hit by a car. The match was marked by a crunch against Senegalese international defender Calido Coulibaly.

Binary

In the second match at the Luigi Ferris stadium in Genoa, substitute Patrick Cotrone led Milan to the quarter-finals with a goal in the 102nd and 108th minutes against Sampdoria.

Milan coach Gattuso Pocotroni in the final seconds of Spanish midfielder Samo Castejo, he thought he had scored two magnificent goals and have kept the team in the competition.

Cotrooney gave the advantage to Milan when he received a center from Inacio Abatti, who followed the ball closely to the right of Brazilian goalkeeper Rafael Cabral.

Former Spanish international goalkeeper Pepe Reina saved the equalizer with a close shot at David Kovnatchki in a corner that did not pay off.

Cotaroni hit Sampdoria with a second goal in the same way, this time after receiving a center from Argentina's Gonzalo Higuain, followed by his right from the edge of the box, taking advantage of the guard's exit from his lair. .

The match saw the Brazilian's participation with AC Milan after joining the team a week ago from Flamengo.

In the third, Juventus started after a misunderstanding between goalkeeper Angelo da Costa and defender Arturo Calabrici, who was trying to capture a high ball on the edge of the box and prepared Federico Bernardiski, who shot hard in front of goal (Bisra) .

Moyes Keane added a rebound in the second half to the defense.

replacements

Juventus coach Mbadimiliano Alegre remains in the hands of Cristiano Ronaldo, Argentinean Paolo Debala, Brazilian Alex Sandro and Blaise Matudei, before taking the lead in the 62nd and 77th minutes with Ken and the Brazilian Douglas Costa, without being able to improve the score.