Verona, buu a Balotelli. The controversy, Minister Spadafora, explodes: now concrete initiatives
2019-11-03T20:39:41.921Z
After the suspension of Rome-Naples for the choirs against the Neapolitans, a new case of racism came from Verona, where Mario Balotelli threw the ball into the curve to protest against the racist insults that would have arrived from the ultras of Hellas. The match was suspended for four minutes by the referee Mariani and then was completed regularly, leaving however a new trail of controversy on Italian football. It happened at the ninth minute of the resumption of the game, then lost 2-1 by Brescia with the flag goal scored by Super Mario. With Hellas having just taken the lead, Balotelli was close to the corner flag under the curve of the Scala fans and was defending the ball from the opponent when he suddenly stopped, grabbed the ball and kicked it towards the curve. The attacker was therefore taking the way of the locker rooms, beckoning that he would no longer play but his companions and opponents embraced him to make him give up. With the tender suspended, the Bentegodi speaker then read the announcement asking for the discriminatory choirs to cease while much of the stadium was shouting "Mario, Mario" in solidarity with the number 45. President Verona: we have not heard anything After the game Verona played down the episode, pointing out that the alleged racist choirs had not been heard. "We all today, at the Bentegodi, have not heard anything", said the president Maurizio Setti, "I can only say that the Verona fans are particular. They have a way of 'teasing' opponents full of irony but racism here does not has existed for some time, at least since I was at the helm of the club ". The fact remains that federal inspectors would have heard the choirs and buu, even if they were made by a few dozen fans. The sports judge will speak on the case on Tuesday, but it is likely that he will ask the federal prosecutor for an additional investigation to determine how many Verona supporters were involved. An additional investigation was also requested for the cases of Vieira (the Sampdoria midfielder targeted by Roma fans) and Dalbert (Fiorentina's defender 'caught' by some of the Atalanta fans). In the evening Balotelli posted a video of African children cheering for him: "Racism is just ignorance, there are unfortunately many ignorant, but we are here to tell you that we are all with you, that you are a champion and We love you, "says the founder of We Africa to Red Earth, Adriano Nuzzo, who sent a message of support to the Brescia player from a mission. "Balotelli is one of us", says one of the children in the video. Raiola: we are with Balotelli "We are with Mario, we are against all forms of racism, ignorant racists". Thus Mino Raiola, Mario Balotelli's agent, in a tweet expressed support for Supermario after today's racist chants during Verona-Brescia. Mayor Verona: Buu a Balotelli? There was nothing "Today I was at the stadium and I didn't hear any racist insult. And like me, the many other people who wrote and contacted me at the end of the game". This was said by the mayor of Verona, Federico Sboarina, to the alleged racist buu at Mario Balotelli. "What Balotelli did - he added - is inexplicable, because without any reason he started a media pillory on a fan and a city". "I strongly condemn all forms of racism, to be pursued in no uncertain terms - continued Sboarina -, but I am equally firm against those who instrumentally build a false image of Verona and the Verona area on nothing. This is unacceptable". Spadafora: now concrete initiatives "As an Italian representative of the institutions, I feel profoundly embarrassed by certain episodes of intolerance and discrimination". The Minister for Youth Policies and Sport, Vincenzo Spadafora, intervenes with a statement to ANSA after the racist chants in Rome-Naples and Verona-Brescia. "I know that all the actors involved are sensitive and committed to repressing these phenomena. It is therefore necessary - and I will insist on this with the Federcalcio and Leghe - that concrete initiatives be adopted." "The silent majority of supporters get up - concludes the Minister of Sport - a cry in the face of this barbarity and restore to football the noble values of which it has always been a bearer".
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November 03, 2019After the suspension of Rome-Naples for the choirs against the Neapolitans, a new case of racism came from Verona, where Mario Balotelli threw the ball into the curve to protest against the racist insults that would have arrived from the ultras of Hellas. The match was suspended for four minutes by the referee Mariani and then was completed regularly, leaving however a new trail of controversy on Italian football. It happened at the ninth minute of the resumption of the game, then lost 2-1 by Brescia with the flag goal scored by Super Mario. With Hellas having just taken the lead, Balotelli was close to the corner flag under the curve of the Scala fans and was defending the ball from the opponent when he suddenly stopped, grabbed the ball and kicked it towards the curve. The attacker was therefore taking the way of the locker rooms, beckoning that he would no longer play but his companions and opponents embraced him to make him give up. With the tender suspended, the Bentegodi speaker then read the announcement asking for the discriminatory choirs to cease while much of the stadium was shouting "Mario, Mario" in solidarity with the number 45. President Verona: we have not heard anything After the match, Verona played down the episode, pointing out that the alleged racist choirs had not been heard. "We all today, at the Bentegodi, have not heard anything", said the president Maurizio Setti, "I can only say that the Verona fans are particular. They have a way of 'teasing' opponents full of irony but racism here does not has existed for some time, at least since I was at the helm of the club ". The fact remains that federal inspectors would have heard the choirs and buu, even if they were made by a few dozen fans. The sports judge will speak on the case on Tuesday, but it is likely that he will ask the federal prosecutor for an additional investigation to determine how many Verona supporters were involved. An additional investigation was also requested for the cases of Vieira (the Sampdoria midfielder targeted by Roma fans) and Dalbert (Fiorentina's defender 'caught' by some of the Atalanta fans). In the evening Balotelli posted a video of African children cheering for him: "Racism is just ignorance, there are unfortunately many ignorant, but we are here to tell you that we are all with you, that you are a champion and We love you, "says the founder of We Africa to Red Earth, Adriano Nuzzo, who sent a message of support to the Brescia player from a mission. "Balotelli is one of us", says one of the children in the video. Raiola: we are with Balotelli "We are with Mario, we are against all forms of racism, ignorant racists". Thus Mino Raiola, Mario Balotelli's agent, in a tweet expressed support for Supermario after today's racist chants during Verona-Brescia. Mayor Verona: Buu a Balotelli? There was nothing "Today I was at the stadium and I didn't hear any racist insult. And like me, the many other people who wrote and contacted me at the end of the game." This was said by the mayor of Verona, Federico Sboarina, to the alleged racist buu at Mario Balotelli. "What Balotelli did - he added - is inexplicable, because without any reason he started a media pillory on a fan and a city". "I strongly condemn all forms of racism, to be pursued in no uncertain terms - continued Sboarina -, but I am equally firm against those who instrumentally build a false image of Verona and the Verona area on nothing. This is unacceptable". Spadafora: now concrete initiatives "As an Italian, as a representative of the institutions, I feel profoundly embarrassed by certain episodes of intolerance and discrimination". The Minister for Youth Policies and Sport, Vincenzo Spadafora, intervenes with a statement to ANSA after the racist chants in Rome-Naples and Verona-Brescia. "I know that all the actors involved are sensitive and committed to repressing these phenomena. It is therefore necessary - and I will insist on this with the Federcalcio and Leghe - that concrete initiatives be adopted." "The silent majority of typhus lifts - concludes the Minister of Sport - a cry in the face of this barbarism and returns to football the noble values of which it has always been a bearer".
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