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Since the final of the World Cup, Italy sees red. Anti-French remarks and racist statements are multiplying on social networks.
The Italians, bad losers? Quadruple world champion, Squadra Azzurra was eliminated by Sweden on 13 November, preventing it from qualifying for the World Cup, a first since 1958. If the country has trouble digesting its non-qualification, the national press consoles itself by highlighting the prowess of a Didier Deschamps with Italian influences. While the Corriere dello Sport recalls "the five seasons he spent in Juventus" The Gazzetta dello Sport says that the coach's career transalpine him allowed to acquire "the Italian art of defense and tactics"
Matteo Salvini, first striker
In reality, the tri-color success is not about to attract the sympathy of the Italians. Between Croatia and France, "the checkered team" is far down the scale, supported by a survey of Corriere della sera by 90% of Italians. Among them is Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, leader of the extreme right-wing Northern League, who made a name for himself by denigrating the victory of the Blues, in a message posted Sunday on his Twitter account.
In his message, which accompanies an article on the victory of the Italians in the 4 x 400 meters relay of the World Cup under-20 athletics, the leader does not fail to tackle some French cultural symbols, embellishing his about a smiley emoticon: "Here are the true champions of the day! And then Italian wine is better than French, cinema and music idem, and Sardinia is much more beautiful than Corsica.
"I will bring bad luck to France" had already announced the minister at a meeting of the League, his far-right party, July 13, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano . "I do not want to see Macron hopping" he added, taking a stand for Croatia
Eccoli i veri campioni di oggi! E poi il vino italiano eglio di quello francese, cinema e musica idem, e la Sardella … https://t.co/AhLQ80GGgQ
The Louvre reframed
Many of our transalpine neighbors also did not appreciate the gesture of the Louvre who, on Sunday evening, published a montage on Twitter that showed the Mona Lisa dressed in the new shirt of the team adorned with his second star. But the image has aroused the indignation of some Italians, blaming France for cultural appropriation, like the user who wrote that "Mona Lisa is the work of Leonardo da Vinci. She was born in Italy, in the hands of an Italian. It is so, and will always remain so. The Louvre responded directly to the tweets, with humor and in Italian, by means of a historical pique: "For information, The Mona Lisa was sold by Leonardo da Vinci to Francis I and ]!
@MuseeLouvre @franceTeam @FrenchTeam @FIFAWorldCup @fifaworldcup_en @AntoGriezmann @FFF @paulpogba @ samumtiti … https://t.co/2a3TDTINwu
Per informazione, the Gioconda è stata sold by Leonardo da Vinci al Francesco I ?
"It is Africa that won"
If the quarrel of the Mona Lisa can lend to smile, the Italian grudge often shows up against a background of latent racism. Social networks are covered by a quotation noted by la Repubblica and the Adnkronos news agency: "It is Africa that won." The French players being designated in certain messages as "monkeys with a balloon" or "champions of the third world" .
The political world is not exempt from this kind of slippage, as shown by a Facebook publication (since erased) of Ernesto Sica, councilor of the far-right party Fratelli d'Italia: "For the first time, an African team wins the World Cup of football. Since the formation of the Italian populist government, called "gialloverde" ("yellow and green", the symbolic colors of the movement Five Stars and the Northern League coalition) and effective last June, some assume a racism uninhibited
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Italian football, a prey to racism [19659006] France is not the only victim of racism tifosi (name given to Italian fans). While Mario Balotelli was tipped to be named captain of the Italian team, the striker was confronted with a racist banner brandished in the stands on May 28, during a friendly match between Italy and Saudi Arabia Arabia. The banner indicated: "my captain has Italian blood" . Born in Sicily, Palermo, and of Ghanaian origin, the player was indignant at this behavior on the Instagram social network, calling for the awakening of the Italians: "It's 2018. That's enough!
Recalled after four years of absence, "Super Mario" took his revenge by shining a goal in this friendly match. "The most racist is us! lamented Il Corriere dello Sport in November 2013, dedicating his one to his "shock investigation" on racial discrimination in stadiums. "Being a captain would not change much for me, but it would be a strong sign against racism in the country" then concluded the center forward.
"My captain has Italian blood "Banner debile exposed yesterday during the match of Italy was aimed at Balotelli, a … https://t.co/U5QdBFdOZs
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