Udinese pledge to help identify racist fans after Maignan abuse

Udinese director Federico Balzaretti condemned the racist abuse that was aimed toward Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, promising to assist establish these accountable and ban them.

The France worldwide had already alerted the fourth official and referee to the racist insults when the sport was goalless, and as per protocol an announcement was learn out.

When it continued and Maignan once more informed the officers, referee Fabio Maresca suspended play for 5 minutes whereas one other assertion warned the sport can be referred to as off fully if there have been any extra incidents.

It resumed and Milan snatched a 3-2 victory in stoppages, however the match was inevitably overshadowed by that shameful scenario on the Bluenergy Stadium.

“It is a membership that has labored for over 30 years to be probably the most ethnically numerous attainable, town is an instance of integration, so clearly if we discover the particular person accountable, we’ll take motion,” director of sport Balzaretti informed Sky Sport Italia.

“We don’t tolerate any type of racism, even when it was a single particular person. The FIGC prosecutor will examine and that’s nonetheless being studied, however I want to underline that the membership has by no means seen these issues earlier than.”

Udinese are one of many few golf equipment in Italy who not solely have their very own stadium slightly than lease from the native council, but in addition have a state-of-the-art enviornment that due to this fact has video surveillance know-how.

Which means that the membership ought to have the ability to establish those that are liable for the racist abuse and are additionally ready to do one thing about it by banning them from the stadium.

“The prosecutor will consider the entire proof, we’ve the devices to assist that investigation.”

Most stadiums in Italy are owned and run by the council, solely rented for match day by the golf equipment, so they aren’t answerable for safety and wouldn’t have the identical skill to easily ban a person.

There was one regarding response from Udinese, as when the sport was suspended for racist abuse, the official membership social media accounts didn’t seek advice from why the referee had halted play.

#UdineseMilan 0-1

38 – The match was halted for a couple of minutes however we’re again underneath manner now

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— Udinese Calcio (@Udinese_1896) January 20, 2024