The mayor Naples says football is “increasingly disheartening” after the racist abuse aimed at Kalidou Koulibaly.
The Napoli defender was subjected to vile taunts during last night’s match against Inter, with Carlo Ancelotti saying his players will walk off if it happens again.
“I agree with what Ancelotti said,” Luigi De Magistris said on Radio Crc.
“The game absolutely should have been halted, as was repeatedly requested. It certainly caused a state of anger and agitation in our players.
The mayor Naples says football is “increasingly disheartening” after the racist abuse aimed at Kalidou Koulibaly.
The Napoli defender was subjected to vile taunts during last night’s match against Inter, with Carlo Ancelotti saying his players will walk off if it happens again.
“I agree with what Ancelotti said,” Luigi De Magistris said on Radio Crc.
“The game absolutely should have been halted, as was repeatedly requested. It certainly caused a state of anger and agitation in our players.
“I really appreciated Koulibaly’s tweet, which I shared because I think it’s a message I share as a human being, Neapolitan, Italian and citizen of the world.
“Unfortunately racism in our country is advancing rather than receding. The task of the state must be to curb it, but we also have government representatives who incite racial discrimination, divisions based on skin colour and geographical origin.
“Sport, on the other hand, should be preserved and an example of integration and equality beyond the colour of your skin, because otherwise the Olympics make no sense, the Universiade make no sense… none of it makes sense.
“Football is increasingly disheartening from this point of view. On the one hand, it has bent to economic logic for too long, on the other, refereeing is sometimes absolutely unfair and shamefully unacceptable.
“If you get to a point where you won’t stop a game, after repeated requests, it really means that you do not have the courage to impose what should be the rules of the sport.”