Why Serie A players have red smear on their faces

All Serie A gamers, coaches and referees sport a pink mark on their cheeks as a part of the marketing campaign combating violence in opposition to girls, whereas the captains additionally learn out a press release.

That is an annual marketing campaign referred to as ‘present violence in the direction of girls the pink card’ and represents a lipstick mark.

Nevertheless, this 12 months the message has an added stage of significance, as this weekend there are marches in cities throughout Italy in protest at what has change into a real epidemic of younger girls being murdered by their former companions.

The latest was solely this week, 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin, killed by her ex-boyfriend.

Information from the Italian inside ministry reveals 106 girls have been murdered this 12 months and 55 of them had been by their present or former companions.

There’s a hotline to name for anybody being stalked or harassed, with calls for for police and the Authorities to do extra to forestall crimes that too usually had been seen coming.

In contrast to earlier years, the captains of the 2 groups additionally learn out a press release earlier than each Serie A match reiterating that “it’s now not sufficient to only say I’m totally different, that I’m not like that, we should unite to fight violence in opposition to girls.”