- Racism Balotelli for the tired party of the insults of the stands
Brescia has argued that the words of its president Massimo Cellino about Mario Balotelli were a "clearly misunderstood joke", after the president said that the player is "trying to get whiter."
Italian football has been plagued with racism over the years and Balotelli, born in Sicily to Ghanaian parents and given up for adoption at the age of three, has been one of the main victims. Recently in a game in Verona, he threw a ball to the fans who were insulting him.
This Monday, Cellino was asked about Balotelli's situation during a general assembly of the A Series. " It's black, what am I supposed to say? It's trying to get whiter, but it's not easy, " he replied.
Cellino was accused of racism for his claims and Brescia issued a statement saying that Cellino's comments were sarcastic and addressed to Balotelli's critics, since the word 'black' in Italian, as in the Spanish language, also It can refer to a person who is very angry.
"Regarding the statements of President Massimo Cellino about our player Mario Balotelli, it is obviously a paradoxical joke, clearly misunderstood , launched in an attempt to deactivate excessive media exposure and with the intention of protecting the player," clarified the club.
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