Racism in Serie A, Italy

DBasia.news –  FIGC, as the Italian Football Federation, seems hesitant to crack down on racist perpetrators in Italy. The case can be seen in the case of Romelu Lukaku and Franck Kessie, two racial victims.

The FIGC punished Brescia by closing the sector curve after supporters shouted at Pjanic who came from Bosnia with the call Gypsy. The sentence was considered unfair because several racist acts had previously escaped.

Based on the Italian Football report, the case that befell Pjanic is different from what happened to Lukaku and Kessie. The FIGC emphasized that the different sentences of the three cases were not due to racial issues.

According to the FIGC, in the investigation of the Lukaku case (against Cagliari) and Kessie (against Hellas Verona), the report from the match supervisor was only written if several people committed racial acts. The number of people who commit racial acts is insufficient to get the club to get a penalty. 

Meanwhile, for the Pjanic case, 90 percent of the people in Curva Brescia sang racial songs. This amount has fulfilled the requirements made by FIGC.

In addition, the action is not commendable Brescia supporters carried out when the interview session after the game. Thus, the singing was heard because the stadium was calmer.

Punishment issued by the FIGC makes some people disappointed. Therefore, racial treatment is deemed necessary to get harsh punishment so that it does not happen again even though the number of spectators who did not much.

Indeed, racial actions are usually carried out at important moments in the match. Thus, racial songs or acts will not be overly heard because they are related to ridicule or shouting from the other side of the stadium.

The CEO of Serie A, Luigi De Siervo, confirmed that he would continue to fight racial action in football. He will launch a brand-new program to overcome racial problems.

“The battle against racism keeps us at the forefront with the club. In the next few days we will present projects with the police and international partners to fight all forms of discrimination,” said De Siervo.

“We are fully committed to this problem because football must be free of racial action. In the end, most supporters will enjoy the game in the stadium in a civilized manner.”