Former Juventus star Blaise Matuidi called for Serie A to ‘do something’ in order to stop racist abuse in the stands after offensive chants coming from Lazio‘s away end at Lecce targeted home players Samuel Umtiti and Lameck Banda.
The former Barcelona defender was seen leaving the pitch in tears at the end of a match that saw his side come back from behind to defeat the Biancocelesti 2-1, and Matuidi took to social media to express all his support to the player and condemn the racist act.
“Full support to my brother Samuel Umtiti”, he tweeted. “We need to wake up!!! We’re in 2023. Let’s do something Serie A. #NoToRacism”.
The former France international played 98 Serie A games for the Bianconeri between 2017 and 2020, and was himself a victim of racial abuse back in 2018 during Juventus’ 3-1 win at Cagliari.
On that occasion, he also responded through social media, posting a message on his Facebook account which read: “Weak people try to intimidate with hate”.