FIGC President on Acerbi: ‘We believe him, the sentence must be respected’

FIGC President Gabriele Gravina has publicly backed the choice to acquit Inter defender Francesco Acerbi following an investigation into alleged racist feedback made in the direction of Napoli’s Juan Jesus, insisting that the sentence ‘should be revered’.

Within the closing phases of Inter and Napoli’s 1-1 draw on March 17, Juan Jesus accused Acerbi of utilizing racist language in the direction of him, claiming that the ‘n*****’ phrase was used, whereas Acerbi claimed that he had stated “‘I’ll beat you black and blue’.

Each gamers had been questioned as a part of an investigation led by Giuseppe Chine and the FIGC Prosecutor’s Workplace.

As a result of a scarcity of adequate proof supporting Juan Jesus’ model of occasions, the FIGC formally acquitted Acerbi on Tuesday.

What Gravina stated about Acerbi

Gravina, who was talking on the League Meeting on Thursday, advised attendees that he believed Acerbi’s model of occasions and that the FIGC’s determination is one which should be revered.

“That is the choose’s determination, one that everybody should settle for, together with those that don’t really feel glad by the end result,” Gravina stated whereas discussing Acerbi’s acquittal, reported by way of Gianluca Di Marzio.

“There are specific ideas that should be revered, in any other case we danger collapsing the complete system. I settle for the decision on a human degree and I’ll give the boy a hug after I see him.”

Acerbi was additionally faraway from Luciano Spalletti’s Italy nationwide staff squad forward of two friendlies within the USA whereas the investigation was ongoing.

On the choice to exclude Acerbi from the nationwide staff in the course of the worldwide break, Gravina added: “We realized of a verify by the sports activities choose, and so, to keep away from any form of distraction, we left him at house.

“It was a precautionary determination, not as a result of he was already convicted. Acerbi proved his model of occasions and we consider what the boy stated.”

#FIGC | Il presidente Gabriele #Gravina ha commentato il caso #Acerbi–#JuanJesus e la decisione del giudice sportivohttps://t.co/uJvMklM1ij

— Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) March 28, 2024