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Last Updated: January 25, 2024, 00:00 IST
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Four extra Udinese followers who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan have been recognized and punished on Wednesday.
UDINE, Italy: Four extra Udinese followers who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan have been recognized and punished on Wednesday.
Police mentioned three males and a lady have been all given 5-12 months bans — the utmost sentence accessible — from all sports activities occasions in Italy. Ranging in age from 32 to 45, they have been recognized from the stadium’s safety digital camera footage.
Another fan had been recognized and banned for all times by Udinese on Monday and the membership vowed to do the identical for the opposite “evil people” amid requires more durable sanctions from authorities. That fan had additionally acquired a 5-12 months ban from police.
The Italian league’s disciplinary decide on Tuesday additionally ordered Udinese to play its subsequent residence sport — in opposition to Monza — behind closed doorways as punishment for the racism.
Maignan, who’s Black, walked off the sphere throughout Saturday’s Serie A match at Udinese after being subjected to what he later mentioned have been monkey noises. The 28-12 months-outdated goalkeeper was joined by his teammates and the match was suspended for about 5 minutes earlier than they returned, and Milan went on to win 3-2.
“It’s really sad to see things like what happened last Saturday continue to occur,” Milan teammate Yunus Musah mentioned. “These actions must have consequences; something needs to be done. Our reaction on the field was right. It gave us the confidence that we are a united group, emerging from that evening stronger than before and with a victory.”
Maignan acquired widespread assist from the soccer world and issued an announcement on Sunday calling for authorities to take stronger motion.
There have been quite a few racist incidents in Italian and European soccer for years, with victims in Italy together with Kevin-Prince Boateng, Mario Balotelli and Romelu Lukaku.
This month, Lazio was sanctioned with a one-match partial stadium closure for racist chants directed at Lukaku.
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